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...list of advantages is the way Brooks manages its inventory. The company can put a new tie on the shelf, see how it sells and, if it's a runaway, make and ship more within days. At the factory, a tie starts at one end with a cutter like Ramirez and then works its way in a bundle of 50 down the football-field-size room. All 16 steps--including sewing the tie's blade to its tail, adding a lining, pressing the tip and turning the tie right side out--take about an hour. "The flexibility to reproduce something...
...with the KMT, which fled to the island of Taiwan and set up its own government. Beijing and Taipei have engaged in a military standoff ever since and the heavily armed strait that separates them remains one of Asia's hottest potential flashpoints. China still sees Taiwan as a runaway province and claims sovereignty over the island to this...
...arms race in space, which ultimately could be more expensive and dangerous than the one taking place on earth. In a prompt and strong reaction, Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov personally warned: "Should this conception be converted into reality, this would actually open the flood gates of a runaway race of all types of strategic arms, both offensive and defensive." Even more ominous, the development of a missile defense system could undermine the very foundation of strategic stability, namely, the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which has often been modified, but never abandoned. Under this concept each side is deterred...
...pornographer, a marijuanaenthusiast, and, more recently, a realitytelevision star. Part of Snoop Dogg’s appealis that he is a pop culture icon whoseems to defy logic with his resiliency andprofile in the rap game. Snoop is just asvisible now as he was in 1992, when hewas the runaway guest star of Dr. Dre’swest coast classic “The Chronic.” Thatsaid, the question of whether you’ll enjoy“Ego Trippin’” is dependent upon whatyou’re looking for. If you want another?...
...feel of natural products really resonates with customers," says Alex Bates, senior vice president of product development for West Elm, the home-furnishings retailer whose current catalog is filled with animal-patterned fabrics, tree-stump tables, wood-imprinted carpets and an antler-inspired lamp that has become a runaway big seller. "It's a lot of borrowing of and being inspired by natural patterns and textures," she says. "There's definitely a connection between the growing popularity and concern with environmental issues and respect for the natural world...