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...thanks to the stolid materialism of the U.S. consumer, who accounts for two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, the U.S. on the whole can still call this thing a slowdown, or as Alan Greenspan likes to call it, "a period of sub-par growth." Both of which are much nicer terms - and both of which are likely be the terms du jour well into 2002. And that?s if the consumers keep bailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Markets: Another One-Day Summer Rally | 7/31/2001 | See Source »

...came from Virgin Atlantic. "We see our customers as the same ones who can afford more but shop at Target because their stuff is hip but inexpensive." That kind of thinking drove decisions like JetBlue's choice of leather seats instead of the less expensive cloth. "It's a nicer look, a better feel," says Neeleman, in full salesman mode. "Of course, it's also easier to clean when people puke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Skies | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...nicer if the film let us see its lithe star work his martial artistry, and not chop it into minute bits of film. Nahon seems not to know that Hong Kong action fighting is dancing and, like a Fred Astaire number, it needs to be shot in relatively long takes. When the Chinese chop things up, they toss them in a wok and eat them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jet-ting to Paris? Oui! | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

First the good news. Both systems are phenomenally stable and virtually crash free (say goodbye to the blue screen of death, PC users! No more freeze-ups for Mac fans!). They're also much nicer to look at than their predecessors. OS X wins the beauty contest with translucent menus and more gee-whiz effects than a Hollywood blockbuster, but the new Windows has its share of cool colors and eye-candy icons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Works in Progress | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...demise of rampant file-sharing and not paying the right people will probably lead to a better service," said President and CEO of Rioport.com Jim Long. "It will be a much nicer future even though it won't be free...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fee-Based Music Services Planned | 4/10/2001 | See Source »

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