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...tone of German writer Ingo Schulze's new volume of vignettes as novel Simple Stories-clear, punctuated, particularly elegant. Written in the spirit of Winesburg, Ohio, Schulze's musings over the post-Wall East German hamlet Altenburg have been compared to the styles of both Sherwood Anderson and Raymond Carver...
...with makers of just about everything. "When industries are competing at equal price and functionality, design is the only differential that matters," says Dziersk, echoing the credo first spouted in the '30s by Raymond Loewy, father of industrial design. Loewy was the man who gave America the Lucky Strike pack and the sleek Greyhound bus, and when he added a flourish to the Coldspot refrigerator, to make it look just a little more streamlined than its 1934 competitors, Sears' sales skyrocketed...
...question now is whether the design economy can be sustained or whether, when America's wave of prosperity recedes, we'll all edge back to plain-vanilla functionality. If he were around, Raymond Loewy would remind us that he got his start during the Great Depression, so perhaps the real design revolution is still to come. If so, Constant Nieuwenhuys is looking more prophetic than ever...
...Customs commissioner Raymond Kelly says professional criminals in this country have brought better management and marketing to the ecstasy trade. Mobsters have the distribution networks to move millions of pills. And most pills now come with a catchy brand name--like the "Candy Canes" taken in Flagstaff (red-and-white capsules) or tablets stamped with corporate logos. Users can ask dealers for a good brand by name. Last year's "Mitsubishis," for instance, were hugely popular because they seemed to have an extra kick of speed. This winter's "AOLS," however, were duds...