Word: raves
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...miles away, there's no escape from Mickey Drexler in the halls of J. Crew headquarters. A few weeks ago, the ceo of the retailer known for its mail-order catalog and preppy style was visiting a store in Palo Alto, Calif., when he got a rave review from its manager about the latest shipment of clothes. This, Drexler felt, all 550 employees at the company's New York City office needed to know immediately, so he called HQ and got patched into the p.a. system. "We just gotta keep doing it," the boss's voice boomed through hallways lined...
...President’s Office and the Freshman Dean’s Office passed on paying for the papers this year, despite the relatively thrift-friendly price tag ($1,728). The UC was eager to follow suit, even though a trial run of the program earlier this year got rave reviews...
...took to the kitchens of Eliot dining hall. From their hearty raisin-studded soda bread to their traditional blackberry potato pancakes dusted with powdered sugar, the dishes exuded the comfort of fireside warmth. Beef patties at the Harvard Caribbean Club and cannoli at the Harvard Italian-American Association received rave reviews from food festival connoisseurs. No surprise there: the patties were catered by Flame Restaurant and the cannoli from Mike’s Pastry on Hanover St. in the North End, clearly in a league of their own. Whether outsourced or homegrown, culture never tasted so good...
...million. As to why anyone might want to build a kitchen and bring in a gas supply to an old brewery for less than a month, Flack says his core crowd expects it. "Young Londoners are used to everything around them changing quickly. They've grown up with the rave scene, and their mentality is to try new things." Waddington says, "It's all about the moment. Things become 'so yesterday,' 'so over' really fast. The great thing about a pop-up is it doesn't have time to go out of fashion." The pair are investigating building restaurants...
Apple recently unveiled its iPhone to much hoopla. Along with rave reviews for Steve Jobs’ labor of love have come a new spate of reports in the media blaming Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for everything from causing Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) to ruining marriages. A recent Forbes article was even entitled “Is Your BlackBerry Ruining your Sex Life?” These reports have been targeted at members of the workforce—from the up-and-coming attorney to the Fortune 500 CEO—yet have failed to account for the newest class...