Word: reinvent
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...trying to do in making the Xbox 360. Microsoft, known more for its bullying business tactics than its technological innovation, is trying to act in a very un-Microsoft fashion. It's trying to be quick and nimble, radically innovative, and play well with others. It's trying to reinvent itself from the corporate...
...midlifers didn't want to spend all their days working at something they disliked just so they could finance a 20-year vacation in their golden years. Plus, there was the "Oprah factor," as they call it, a growing emphasis on women nurturing themselves and helping others recharge and reinvent themselves, often by finding spirituality. "We realized that we were on to something, that we had a particular affinity for how women had made changes in midlife," says Engle. They decided to provide moral and practical support. Their plan is called Tending Your Inner Garden, "a program of spirituality...
...James Howard Kuntsler, goes like this: gasoline will soon get so expensive that most Americans simply won't be able to afford it. Suburbs, strip malls, interstate highways, the infrastructure of the modern U.S. economy just won't work anymore without cheap oil, and the U.S. will have to reinvent itself or risk falling into decay. That dire prophecy, though, is really all about timing. Georgia Tech's Shelton, an engineering professor and oil-futures expert, says the extent of the economic damage depends on how fast oil prices rise. A slow climb "gives people time to adjust," he argues...
ERICA: Not really. I think being a writer is tough as a career, especially in America where you're required to reinvent yourself all the time, as I did with the first big success. Then everybody wishes you dead for the next three books! It's not an easy profession. It requires a lot of grit, really, more than people think. You have to just keep at it. Whether you start small or start big the way I did, there are always problems...
...Back in Hong Kong, Bryan Walsh looked at a business story of another kind?the way in which the city's film industry intends to reinvent itself. If you plan to visit Hong Kong for the International Film Festival this month, read Walsh's story first. We hope that you'll find that it sheds new light on a familiar scene?which is one of the things that those of us who work for TIME aim to do every week...