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...research on HIV.” In anticipation of yesterday’s event, the AIDS Coalition screened a series of three films, starting Monday night with “A Closer Walk.” The AIDS Coalition also created a six-foot tall papier-maché AIDS ribbon, which they put in front of the Science Center. While making the paper maché ribbon, Basilico said he thought of HAC’s main display, an AIDS ribbon made of red Christmas lights and chicken wire that is still hanging in front of Grays Hall in Harvard Yard...
...would be a kind of death. Death of tradition, and death of soul.? Not that the latest high-tech casting machines don't exist on the factory floor; they just share space with village women wielding toothpick paintbrushes and men pounding silver beads onto titanium ribbon with wooden mallets...
...Marni, all that is slightly unraveled now looks chic. The Canadian luxury label Ports 1961 takes its inspiration from the worn-in look of a global traveler?albeit one who stops in exotic locales. Costume-jewelry designer Roxanne Assoulin is selling out of her slightly rough-around-the-edges ribbon-and-crystal necklaces for Lee Angel...
...first time since 2000, Microsoft plans to release in 2006 an overhauled version of the PowerPoint software that, according to the company, is used for an estimated 30 million presentations around the globe every day. The most obvious change is a brand-new interface, with a "ribbon" of common commands replacing the current, confusing menu. The best new feature is a tool that converts information from any slide into a graphic that you can refine with an easy-to-use menu of ready-made options. And the software simplifies some menu choices only experts used to know about, including...
Humans not only make peace with their beta roles but they also make money from them. Among corporations, an increasingly well-rewarded portion of the workforce is made up of B players, managers and professionals somewhere below the top tier. They don't do the power lunching and ribbon cutting but instead perform the highly skilled, everyday work of making the company run. As skeptical shareholders look ever more askance at overpaid corporate A-listers, the B players are becoming more highly valued. It's an adaptation that serves the needs of both the corporation and the culture around...