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...publisher of his own songs, he controlled who recorded or licensed them. And as he aged, he got pickier about interpretations - a rare misstep for the master marketer; he should have understood that the life of an old song, like that of a Shakespearean play, is extended, not obliterated, by even the most radical new readings. It is said he was so annoyed by Elvis Presley's 1957 version of "White Christmas" that he financed a call-in campaign to have the song pulled from radio stations. In the late 80s Berlin turned down Steven Spielberg's pleas...
...Whether such institutions would embrace Segways, however, was an open question. Before last January's leak, Kamen had demoed his invention only when absolutely necessary, or for luminaries such as Steve Jobs and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. After the leak, he became even pickier. He entertained the Postmaster General, who was keen to put letter carriers on Segways, and the head of the National Parks Service, who wanted to do the same with park rangers and police. (Both are among Segway's first customers.) Kamen also stirred up interest at the Department of Defense, which was intrigued by the notion...
...Mandarin for her core fans and is determined to make it a great album. "I'm writing some of the material myself," she says. "I've been offered so many songs, but we're only going to record three of this batch because I gotta be pickier. Gotta be strict with this album." She wags her finger self-admonishingly, still disappointed with the quality of some of the assembly-line recordings she made in the past...
When it comes to tenure, Harvard is picky--it only takes the best. But according to recently released numbers, the best may be even pickier--they don't always take Harvard...
Sure, cable, independent stations and VCRs have been eating away at the network audience for much of the past decade. The remote-control device too has made viewers pickier: shows that don't grab their attention are zapped away in an instant. But the networks' woes have accelerated alarmingly this fall. Of the 22 shows introduced by ABC, CBS and NBC, not a single one is a bona fide hit. (The only new show that ranks in the Nielsen Top 30, America's Funniest People, is merely an appendage of an already established hit, America's Funniest Home Videos...