Word: stuffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some more stuff on this thing, dude," Meyerdirk said encouragingly, handing his friend an orange pipe-cleaner. The two were excited about the event, especially the late-afternoon dance-a-thon intended to raise money for Best Buddies...
They're also longing for the exotic and exciting. Debbie Sansevero, head of Desan Productions, a firm aiding shops in product presentation, believes that shoppers have been numbed by the homogeneity of so much merchandise in stores today. "You look at Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel, and the stuff in these stores is all the same," she says. "Shops have to have some way of distinguishing themselves to the customer...
...spewed forth in cookie-cutter form from big factories and studios. This included not only consumer goods like Ford's cars, but everything from William Levitt's suburban homes to David Sarnoff's nationally broadcast shows to Ray Kroc's Big Macs. Mass production made all sorts of stuff, from toothpaste to TVs, more affordable, but it also led to a certain conformity. And because of economies of scale, it had a centralizing effect: power shifted from local craftsmen, shopkeepers and family-run businesses to big factories, chains and corporate conglomerates...
Walter has a staff to do stuff he doesn't want to do: folks like I.M. Better, who takes his medicine, and Admiral B., who takes his bath. Every boy should have underlings...
...downsized, restructured or swallowed up. Netscape wasn't just another Silicon Valley software company, any more than Apple is just another computer maker. Netscape stood for something grand, something transcendental and empowering. It gave people the tools to communicate their ideas cheaply or sell their stuff to anyone on the planet without going through middlemen, censors, gatekeepers or even...