Word: spans
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...worn it, it had appeared in IN STYLE, and then everybody wanted it right now, and then it was over in a few weeks. There's this dissemination going on, visually and through the Internet, that is killing brands." For most people, the decline of the national attention span is just another cliche; for trend watchers, it raises serious manufacturing and inventory-control problems. "It makes our job harder," Buckingham laments, "because the minute we spot a trend, we've got about four seconds to tell our clients. A mall clothing store can take down designer fashion within the next...
...Church-run institutions. Amidst the fury, the inquiry's chairman, Justice Mary Laffoy, announced her resignation Tuesday. The commission is investigating 1,800 cases of alleged abuse that span six decades. Education Minister Noel Dempsey defended the decision to change the inquiry's remit, saying that at its current rate of progress, it would run up legal costs of $220 million and take up to 10 years to publish its findings. Laffoy gave no reason for her resignation, but had previously criticized the government for failing to cooperate fully with the investigation. See Also: "We Know You Hurt Your Kids...
...STAY DRY You know all that stuff you try not to eat too much of--peanuts, granola bars, crackers, cereal? Stock up now, and set it aside. Well-packaged dry foods can have the life span of trees--and they don't give a hoot when the fridge goes down...
...Building the span will cost at least $2 billion, and some still doubt whether it's worth it. Wonder cities on the eastern half of the Pearl River Delta have boomed over the past decade, but Zhuhai and the rest of the west remain relative backwaters. But Professor Tuan Chyau of the Chinese University of Hong Kong says that's exactly the point: the bridge could be the key to transforming the western delta. By cutting travel time between Hong Kong and Zhuhai by 30 minutes, Tuan estimates the bridge could boost the western delta's GDP by more than...
...tenure is now alive again. I’ve feel as though I have found a secret path into politics, a path which leads me to the human element, shows me the off-the-cuff bits which land somewhere on commercial cutting room floors. In short, C-SPAN is a way around the glossy sheen of Bush’s and Rumsfeld’s incessant deflection, a way around the incessant talking heads who spout the party line 23 hours a day. It is a bit of the truth, a bit of the voyeur, and if nothing else...