Word: segmenting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...from the looks of it, Wolf has merely sped up his own death prediction by a few years: US Airways now wants to compete in the most viciously competitive part of the air travel market - the low-cost segment now patrolled by the likes of Southwest and JetBlue. US Airways has long carried the highest costs in the industry; Southwest and JetBlue are the lowest-cost, highest-efficiency sharks in the water...
...troubled teen--she eases her guests through moments when other hosts would prod a sore spot: "You ask [your daughter] a question," she tells a mom whose 13-year-old has been sneaking out. "She gives you an honest answer. You can't freak out at that moment." (One segment of the episode, in fact, is titled "How to Talk Without Screaming...
...We’re exiting that segment of the market,” Glen Mah said...
...sell their databases to anyone who can afford to pay for them, and no one knows how your face print will be used then. The videocam in missing intern Chandra Levy's hallway would have been a godsend to investigators if it hadn't already taped over the crucial segment by the time they got their hands on it. But few people want cameras out on the street filming hundreds of people who might be guilty only of association with the wrong crowd. In Tampa, the city council is already reconsidering its face-recognition software as way too much...
...Another case in point is the much-loved television segment, “Talking To Americans.” It’s a lot like “Street Smarts,” except that every American—from Cletus to Clinton—is prey for the interviewer, and every Canadian is banking on their ignorance. In their one-hour April Fools’ Day special, the host flew to various cities, asking Americans about phony issues that any Canadian—or American with common sense—would easily rebuff. Example: “What...