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...like the best of all possible worlds, it is. Like Thorne, a growing number of consumers around the world are beginning to realize that ownership?of cars, vacation homes, high-fashion gowns and even expensive artwork?doesn't always come with privileges. It used to be that possessing such status symbols was a measure of how successful you were. But with priorities shifting away from showing off such material markers to showing off financial smarts, the leasing bug is spreading fastest within the high-income brackets...
...while you'll still have to do the folding yourself, Whirlpool is testing a line of "smart" washers and dryers, which enable consumers to monitor the status of their rinse cycle remotely and control the washer or dryer by computer or cell phone. But presumably it still takes a human hand to separate the lights from the darks...
...DaimlerChrysler/Mercedes Smart car, which is a megahit in Europe, Australia, Asia and Canada because it gets up to 69 m.p.g. (diesel) and is so small that two can fit into a parking space but which Mercedes delayed bringing to the U.S. for fear of tarnishing its identity as a status brand. Now the company is scrambling to get it to the States as quickly as possible...
Elsewhere, as at Mercedes, status is increasingly measured by what's on the inside. There was not a logo in sight on the runway of young designer Doo-Ri Chung, whose spare and ethereal designs have garnered her a devoted following and the 2006 CFDA Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent. Similarly, Belgian designer Raf Simons has made a return hit of Jil Sander's clean collection, which he describes as "pure," "silent" and "romantic." "The aesthetic that comes out is 'Let's not add what's not necessary,'" he says...
...should work to find the most cost-effective way to expand student dining options. Staggering dining hall closing hours or providing more substantial food at brain breaks might be more economically feasible than an across-the-board extension of mealtimes. But whatever the decision, one thing is clear: the status quo must be changed. The Committee’s report also comes out against a more flexible system of dining plans, in which students could choose how many meals to eat at Harvard. Here, the CHL’s conclusion is sound. One of Harvard’s greatest assets...