Word: shelfful
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...Creek, many residents have given up hope. Even the EPA, which has spent $107 million at the site, isn't sure if it can ever be repaired. "We don't have an off-the-shelf remedy," says EPA Superfund official Randy Deitz. "What do you do with the enormous chat piles? When does cleanup become impracticable? We have limited resources." In a show of no-confidence, the Oklahoma legislature last week passed a $5 million buyout for all families with children under 6. John Sparkman, who heads the Tar Creek Steering Committee, a group of buyout supporters, veers between cynicism...
Another challenge is getting shelf space. David Hahn, who started commercially selling his products, Caramel Sin and Cranberry Fool, in late 1999, when he was 51, says it took 2 1/2 years of "constant, everyday work" to get his first placement in a Whole Foods Market. His products are now in 80 stores. "What people don't get is how dogged you have to be to pursue it," he says. "It takes months of phone calls once a week, being both charming and pushy...
Kutaragi did it all over again in 2000, getting Sony to make a $2.5 billion bet on the PlayStation 2. Unlike earlier consoles, which were cobbled together mostly from off-the-shelf components, the PlayStation 2 was engineered from the silicon up to be a dedicated game-playing monster. And Kutaragi courted outside game developers, so there was no lack of new strong software. The PlayStation 2 has bulled its way to a market share of around 70%. Kutaragi's flamboyant management style has raised some eyebrows within the staid halls of Sony. Legend has it he once offered...
Throw in a shelf-full of other accolades, including a four-time All-New England pick and a finalist for the Buck Buchanan award, given to the best defensive player in D I-AA, and what is the grand total...
Five years ago, it was widely accepted that each of these entertainers had a limited shelf life, that their expiration dates were rapidly approaching or had already passed. But in the past few years, a number of music and movie figures are showing preservative abilities that could make a Twinkie jealous...