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...about," Faverey says to Lamont Sims and Stephanie Bryant, who live and work in Delaware Terrace, he in the maintenance department, she as a receptionist. They have dated for 2 1/2 years. Sims, 31, nods. "Lately, I'm discussing it on my own, 'cause I don't know what page she's on," he says. Resting his chin in his hand, Sims turns to Bryant, 30, who cradles their infant son, Stephan, in her arms. "How," he asks, "do you feel about marriage...
...make his operations more efficient, Davis is borrowing a page from Toyota. Last summer, managers re-engineered a factory in Norridgewock, Maine, following Toyota's famously flexible production system. Isolated departments for cutting, stitching and embroidery were replaced by cells of workers clustered in a line, saving 40% of floor space. Smaller batches of sneakers are now assembled rapidly, down the line, and if anyone identifies a faulty stitch, for instance, the problem is fixed before a large batch of defective shoes can pile up. Factory workers, who aren't unionized, are encouraged to point out mistakes, and they help...
...uptown Manhattan, perched on a sofa in his sumptuous apartment, with its housekeeper and its blue baby grand and its views of Central Park, Wolfe in person is a sharp contrast to his personality on the page. His prose bristles with italics and exclamation points and repetitions--repetitions!--for emphasis, but Wolfe himself speaks softly, slowly and a little hoarsely, with the ruins of a long-ago Virginia accent. He has always been dapper, but now he is a dapper old man. His appearance is not so much wolfish as avian: his frame is slight, his nose hooked and beaky...
Next to one of the altars was a song book opened to the page with a song called “Dia de los Muertos.” Translated into English the song’s lyrics were, “On November first and second/ we honor those who have departed/ with music and with prayer/ we celebrate the Day of the Dead...
Performing for me is all about the music. There’s the obvious necessity to prepare the music technically—to be able to play the notes on the page; but I’ve always felt that there’s a lot more to it than that. I think that performance should be less about preparing the technical aspects of the piece and more about getting in touch with and developing a connection with the music you’re performing. It’s my belief that you can’t truly perform music...