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...laid out a year and a half ago, which called for a doubling of the the group's sales to $4 billion over the next five years. "We're firing on all cylinders," Polet said. For brands like Fendi and Bottega Veneta, the season's minimalist mood - and requisite plain wool coats and skinny pants - seemed merely to provide a clean backdrop for more ornate (and more profitable) accessories like handbags. And ornate's the word: Fendi's new Palazzo bag, a bucket shape with gold etching, was inspired by the brand's new Roman headquarters, while Bottega Veneta...
WEAPONS IN PLAIN SIGHT: CHEMICAL PLANTS...
...Faculty members hope to strip the president of powers that his office has always enjoyed in selecting an FAS dean. But “confidence” does not subsist in a grasp for power, and instead of using the no-confidence vote as a ruse, they should make plain their unorthodox case to exclude Summers from a role the president has always enjoyed. Should they succeed, the Faculty will have severely crippled the likelihood of finding a dean who can effectively liaise between themselves and Summers.More broadly, there has been a lack of conspicuous wrongdoing on Summers?...
Beyond that quantifiable success, Google has tried to be special, the company that won't give in to the dark side, be it censorship, greed or just plain jerkiness. It's hard to say exactly what "Don't be evil" means, and one could argue that that's the unwritten principle of every respectable corporation. But Brin and Page's ultimate vision--to make nearly all information accessible to everyone all the time--is a tricky thing, given that a lot of us (individuals, corporations, governments) aren't comfortable with a 100% free flow of data. Just last week Google...
...Asia's two most famous temple sites?Cambodia's Angkor Wat and Burma's Bagan?each have their partisans. Some say that Angkor's location amid dense foliage lends its ruins a heightened sense of mystery and romance. Others argue that the dry plain of Bagan provides a superior experience because there is no jungle to obstruct the view of its thousands of temples and pagodas. Given that operators at both places offer views from hot-air balloons, the debate can also be conducted in the air. The Angkor balloon is tethered 1 km away from the actual landmark, because...