Word: reinvents
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...platform heels. The designer said the collection had been inspired by street fashion, Japanese samurai and medieval soldiers. Backstage after the show she called the mood "angry and savage." Then she smiled. Prada knows that to win at the fashion game, designers have to constantly reinvent the rules...
...platform heels. The designer said the collection had been inspired by street fashion, Japanese samurai and medieval soldiers. Backstage after the show she called the mood "angry and savage." Then she smiled. Prada knows that to win at the fashion game, designers have to constantly reinvent the rules...
...think the tech industry today epitomizes [Walt’s model]; because it’s very hard to have exclusive rights and exclude competitors completely, successful tech businesses tend to reinvent themselves every few years from the ground up. The entertainment industry often complains that they’re not going to be making money off their records after 90 years; try telling that to people who love their Commodore...
...Like the author herself, Li's characters seem free to reinvent themselves only when they've left China behind. In the title story, a retired scientist named Mr. Shi goes to the U.S. to visit his newly divorced adult daughter and discovers, as he hears her speaking to a man in English over the phone, that she has become someone else. (When he finds out his daughter's new boyfriend is from Romania, Mr. Shi tries to stay positive: "At least the man grew up in a communist country.") In their reborn American selves, father and daughter achieve a level...
...transformation of its own. Ginio Cerutti, a retired typesetter who volunteers as a tour guide at the abbey, explains that his hometown "lives in the shadow of the Alps, but it's more than just a mountain town." Throughout its history, he says, "it has always found ways to reinvent itself." Torino has lived many lives. Closer both in kilometers and character to Paris than Palermo, this northwestern Italian city traces its early prominence to its position on the trade routes over the Alps, astride the busy River Po. It blossomed during the 11th century rise of the House...