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...Dallas banker, returned from a vacation to Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2001 raving as much about TV sets as about ancient temples, towering skyscrapers and exotic food. A self-proclaimed tech geek, Gale scouted out electronics shops and was mesmerized by flat-screen TVs. Their monstrous sizes, sleek designs and flashy displays were perfect, he thought, for watching his favorite Dallas Stars charge down the ice. "I'd never seen anything like them," he says of the TVs. "They were just phenomenal. As soon as I got back to Dallas I was thinking...
FRANK'S FANCY LINCOLN HAS EVERYTHING A ROAD warrior could want: plush leather seats, extra legroom and a sleek fold-down desk that can be positioned just so. There's a bottle of spring water in the cup holder to my left and a pile of individually wrapped Life Savers under the armrest. A screen suspended from the ceiling is playing a DVD. But here's the real perk of this ride: I can surf the Web on my laptop from the back-seat of this automobile while Frank, the driver, takes me wherever I want...
...workers ended up bolting one of Vivato's phased-array antennas onto an extra Hoopfest backboard--but it worked perfectly. Downtown Spokane was suddenly blessed with wireless goodness, and the tournament went off without a hitch, all those pesky little slips of paper having been replaced by sleek wireless PDAs...
...flavor. “We just started banging them out, but we needed a clever package for them, too.” Keeping in mind the company goal of making everyday things beautiful, Rich, Kahn, and Harris immediately set to work on designing their product, Oral Fixation mints, in sleek metal packages resembling retro cigarette cases. They also launched a well-designed website, www.oralfix.com, which has helped to drum up interest in their aesthetically pleasing products...
...overcome one daunting obstacle: the dreaded activities fair. Rather than succumbing to toothy smiles and offers of cheap candy, I decided to withhold my e-mail address and to avoid awkward social contact at all costs. I pulled from my pocket the stark white headphones of my sleek-’n’-sexy mini iPod, inserted them in my ears and made a run for it. I blazed past the Harvard Piano Society (I don’t play piano). I refused to be seduced by the Harvard Dance Team (I’m in a relationship...