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...imaging (MRI) technology--have persuaded more lawyers to represent the little guys on a contingency basis. "Lawyers today realize there are efficient ways to handle these cases," says Frederick Tecce of Philadelphia, a former U.S. attorney who now takes patent cases. Tecce represents designer Eric Hicks, who has sued Nike over popular TV commercials in which basketballers simultaneously dance and dribble. Hicks says he created the technique he calls "Shakin'" to promote his clothing line, Game Over. "Now, when we try to do it, people say, 'Oh, you copied Nike,'" he says. Nike spokesman Scott Reames says the case...
EXPENSIVE $135 NIKE HRM TRIAX 100 This sleek-looking Nike watch doubles as a heart-rate monitor. Strap its elastic chest transmitter (not shown) around your torso, and the fun begins. You can program it to graph your pulse and heart rate with each grueling lap (up to 100 laps), and it will even sound an alarm if it thinks you're overdoing it. Easy there, Flash. www.niketown.com...
...good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat, is really a way of coping with big life changes, such as Julie's move to Bangkok. "Everyone uses conversation with people to help them make big decisions," says Liz, a former marketing honcho at Nike, who came up with the idea for the show. "I'd always wondered why there wasn't more on the radio that sounded like the way people really talk." This is reality radio, and it's much more intimate and personal than its brash TV sibling...
Matching his woven knee-length gown with Nike sneakers and wraparound shades, Tempa was the picture of Bhutanese cool. "I prefer a T shirt and jeans," he said as he met us at Paro airport. "But the King says we have to wear traditional dress until 8 o'clock." As we drove to the capital Thimphu, it became clearer from his conversation?the latest Hollywood releases, Prince Charles, Britney?that a quarter century after opening its borders to the outside world, Bhutan is losing some of its splendid isolation. But while satellite TV may be superseding story-telling, and Internet...
Student and faculty opinion is openly disdained; alone among major universities, Harvard’s presidential search committee contained not a single student, worker or faculty member. Harvard signs lucrative contracts with companies like Nike, but refuses to deal fairly with the Allston, Cambridge and Watertown residents who fear the destruction of their communities through skyrocketing rents and declining property tax revenues...