Word: smarts
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...that we'll reach 400 million in about 40 years. That has implications for how we create a sustainable democracy. In America, we have always done Big well--big cars, big screens, Big Macs; we're the supersize nation. But now we are being challenged to trade Big for Smart. Developers are building greener buildings, scientists talk of a 100-m.p.g. car, Wal-Mart is testing the use of solar panels. We need to continue growing but in smarter and more sustainable ways. That's how everyone, as Whitman said, can write a verse in the poem of democracy...
...Larry saw what I was doing in law school and realized that he wasn’t as smart as our classmate Saul Kripke,” Alschuler says, referring to the now-renowned Princeton logician. “So he thought, ‘Maybe I can do well...
...have the bones now and the infrastructure to report about and edit the news continuously,” he said. A student at the Kennedy School who attended the event, Anjeanette T. Damon, said the future of journalism is an important topic. “We need to be smart about how [journalism] evolves so that we keep its important values while not becoming obsolete,” she said. “It’s a very rarefied discussion, but hopefully it broadens...
Honda may have the technology, but it still needs to sell it. Dominated by engineers, Honda can sometimes outthink itself, creating cars that are more appealing in the design lab than on the dealer's lot, like the clunky Insight. "Toyota may have engineers that aren't as smart as Honda's, but they are certainly better at listening to consumers," says Noble. John Mendel, senior vice president for American Honda, notes that there are "robust conversations" between the design and the sales sides but says the emphasis on conservation means that Honda has long anticipated consumer desires. "We were...
...University of Illinois, and he was briefly Ecuador's finance minister until he was removed last year for publicly excoriating the World Bank. Soon after, Correa launched his leftist Alianza Pais (Country Alliance) Party and positioned himself as the political outsider for the 2006 presidential race. It was a smart move in an impoverished nation whose Congress is best known for its bribery and embezzlement scandals - a country that has seen seven different presidents in just 10 years, three of them forced out of office by popular uprisings. Polls show Correa with 37% of the vote in a crowded field...