Word: shun
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There are several responses to this. One is to shun the new at all costs: As long as there are people trying to make a buck off the Net, some might argue, it's not a valid subject for study. As soon as one student comes to TECH solely to make money, the hands of all the streaming-media researchers will be dirty...
...write, speed is a lifesaver--especially in bringing products to market. The lion's share of Hewlett-Packard's revenues, they point out, is derived from products less than a year old. To succeed in such a high-velocity world, companies must take risks, accept and welcome failures and shun all things average, bland and safe. They must grab consumers by surprise--not unlike the songs Lennon and the Beatles wrote when they gained a stranglehold on pop charts...
...problem, as we all know, is that cigarettes are killers. Many people avoid the stock on moral grounds, opting for such high-performing angels as Citizens Index Fund or Domini Social Equity Fund. Others shun it because they figure the industry is doomed. Last week lawyers hit Big Tobacco with a price-fixing suit. Next month a Florida jury could find the industry liable for damages of $100 billion or so in a class-action case. (Even if the case survives appeal, though no money will change hands for at least a decade.) It's highly unlikely, but possible, that...
...Where a business staffed entirely by professionals would immediately shun even the appearance of a conflict-of-interest, Let's Go is more lenient. This means stories like that of Lindiwe Dovey '01, who selected her boyfriend to write for the South Africa guide she was editing. The young man, Nick P. Weiss '00, was the best candidate for the job, Dovey maintains. And, to avoid a fight, Dovey ran her choice by the upper echelons of Let's Go management. Since Weiss had worked well for Let's Go before, they signed off on the hire. "It wasn...