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...Watts' designers in Bentonville. Then Eaton's group tells the factories what and how much to make. No samples have to be made and sent back and forth across oceans because the company uses high-end computer color rendition and printing. Changes can be made quickly. The motive is speed as much as price. From the factories, garments can be sent to Newcastle, England, or New Castle, Del.--and therein lies the trap. This kind of centralization always makes sense in the beginning, when cost savings are easy and the staff is lean. But history shows that the buying organization...
Because he stayed on the public stage long past his prime, and because journalists' works and reputations fade with amazing speed, Reston is undervalued now. This biography--Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism (Little, Brown; 373 pages), by a veteran Time editor--explains the ingredients and impact of Reston's achievements while noting the lessons from his later failures...
...were flying and finding each other,” Ingram said. “Lauren was doing all sorts of grinding on the board, and Nicky [Corriero] was showing a lot of speed and getting into the open spots...
...Maroons (4-6) utilized its team speed in a superb transition game, giving the Crimson (9-5) fits and propelling them to a 56-54 lead early in the second half. While Harvard eventually regained control, it wasn’t able to put the Maroons away until the final seconds...
...take his new Congress for a spin. From his speech it was clear that the true centerpiece of his plan was in fact quite familiar. Remember those 10-year income tax rate reductions he got passed in 2001? Bush wants them all this year, retroactive to January 1. "Speeding up the income tax cuts, we will speed up the pace of economic recovery and job creation," Bush said. "If tax relief is good enough for Americans three years from now, it's good enough for Americans now." Tough to argue with that...