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...residents of the Leverett Towers who do not own a Harvard-approved “micro-fridge” must use the microwaves in the Dining Hall...
...invisibility" touchstone for high tech is itself quickly becoming obsolete. The stuff coming out of government and corporate R.-and-D. labs is designed to be invisible from the start: "smart dust" distributed in the wind that instantly forms a scattered monitoring network, computer systems that manage computer systems, micro spy cameras designed to look like insects...
Just recall Bush's State of the Union address last week. People used to ridicule President Clinton's laundry list of micro-initiatives. But Bush is no different. Where once education was essentially the preserve of states, school principals and parents, this President has expanded the federal role in unprecedented ways. The No Child Left Behind Act holds states and localities accountable for meeting educational standards in order to qualify for federal funds. No wonder Ted Kennedy originally signed...
Sarah Lefton began her career as head of the hip micro clothing line Jewish Fashion Conspiracy "as a joke, really." Her day job as the marketing director of a summer camp in Yosemite National Park provided the inspiration. She made up a few T shirts bearing the slogan YO SEMITE for her own amusement, and, she says, "I kept getting stopped in the street." Within two days she had taken orders for 36 shirts, and a new career was born...
Lefton, 30, had unwittingly tapped into two burgeoning trends. Micro fashion lines, like Lefton's, are sprouting up all over as more and more young designers turn to the Web to showcase their wares while they wait to break into the big stores. They need only a website and the ability to design (or silk-screen). "My 'store' is literally under my desk," says Lefton, who is just starting to approach shops about carrying her goods...