Word: plasticism
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...same time, new display technologies are emerging that promise to improve battery life and make devices more portable and easier to read. U.K.-based Plastic Logic hopes to introduce next year the first e-reader with a plastic screen that will reduce glare and be less prone to cracking when dropped by ham-fisted owners. Electronic-ink technology is set to move from black and white to color by the end of 2010. Even video is on the horizon. "We'll see a range of models start to appear over the first half of 2010" offering "a range of different...
...while keeping its followers in clogs will be vital, broadening Crocs' appeal through a range of different styles is no less important. Take Swatch. The Swiss firm made its name flogging bold, plastic wristwatches in the 1980s. "Like Crocs, Swatch was very faddish, slightly gaudy, plastic and cheap," says Rita Clifton, chairman of global brand consultancy Interbrand in London. When fashions changed, Swatch faced a similar challenge: How could it build on that early success and appeal to a wider market? It now offers a range of metal, plastic and even Tiffany watches. "They've meta-morphed their brand over...
...chocolate chips, and stir just to combine. Before portioning, scrape the bottom of bowl and combine butter-sugar mixture into rest of dough using a gloved hand. Portion out into plastic wrap...
...suggestion made to non-Japanese-speaking travelers? "We didn't think [telling people to use the restroom] was a very important point of the program," says Tezuka. "We didn't think there would be such big news about it." Among ANA's other green programs include recycling plastic bottles and paper cups, using lighter items in the cabin (such as plastic bottles for wine instead of glass ones) and providing chopsticks made from the wood from thinned domestic forests...
...Charlesview residents and board members attended the meeting as well, imploring city officials to approve the plans. One Charlesview resident, Raisa Shapiro, angrily denounced the repeated delays and said that the current buildings are in “unlivable” condition. At one point, she presented a plastic bag containing two dead rats that she said she had found in her apartment—drawing gasps and glares from Allston residents...