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EACH FALL WE SORT THROUGH THE YEAR'S new gadgets to pick the coolest stuff from the most innovative minds in the world. This year we chose the iPhone as Invention of the Year, not merely for its revolutionary design and functionality but for how it will shape the future of communications. You'll also read about a motorcycle that flies, an umbrella that actually keeps your backside dry, an automatic-transmission bicycle and stilettos with collapsible heels...
...love them. Low-income shoppers, one of its three core groups, absolutely need the low prices. The two others aren't buying enough: an aspirational middle-income group that likes the brand names, and a third group of regulars that has plenty of spending power but tends to cherry-pick the store without really shopping...
...plans to mix it up with Arab hip-hop, a genre that thrives in the Middle Eastern club scene but has been ignored by the music channels. A new MTV Arabia show, Hip HopNa, travels to four cities looking for the best local talent. In the last episode, audiences pick the best...
...getting high marks from House masters, tutors, and some students. Now that undergraduates don’t have to settle on a concentration until their third semester, the program targets sophomores just getting acquainted with the rhythms of upperclass life. Resident tutors are now expected to help sophomores pick an academic field to make the focus of their years at Harvard. “I’ve seen a lot of programs and initiatives and things come and go during my time at Harvard, and this one to me seems singularly well conceived and thought...
...getting high marks from House masters, tutors, and some students. Now that undergraduates don’t have to settle on a concentration until their third semester, the program targets sophomores just getting acquainted with the rhythms of upperclass life. Resident tutors are now expected to help sophomores pick an academic field to make the focus of their years at Harvard. “I’ve seen a lot of programs and initiatives and things come and go during my time at Harvard, and this one to me seems singularly well conceived and thought...