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...forget about revamping that sofa - but they are big enough to make pillows, sew a skirt, or even cover the seats on a set of dining-room chairs. Attention fabric lovers on a budget: this is one time you'll enjoy cutting your coat (or napkins or lampshades) to suit your cloth...
Globe uses d3o in skateboard shoes. Spyder is making a slalom suit with d3o for the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams. Swiss company Ribcap is putting d3o into soft ski caps. d3o management is also discussing military opportunities. And as d3o becomes cheaper to produce, it could be used in cars, soundproofing and police and paramedic gear. Then there are football, baseball, rugby, polo, cricket. The prospects for d3o and its "intelligent molecules" suddenly look endless...
Bernanke, 51, seems suited to that task in ways big and small. Both men are independent thinkers who tilt gently to the political right. Greenspan is a consensus builder who rarely convenes a meeting without knowing every vote. Bernanke built a similar reputation running the economics department at Princeton from 1996 to 2002. "When he took over the chair, there was a lot of infighting and bickering," recalls Gene Grossman, a colleague at Princeton. "He made it one of his objectives to get more consensus on decisions." Greenspan and Bernanke play the saxophone and possess a wry sense of humor...
Bernanke seems to want no part of that life. When he was appointed a Fed governor in Washington, the college professor "didn't have a suit to his name," says his father Philip. Bernanke realized he had to go shopping and "picked up four suits--all the same color." Before moving to Washington, he commuted from Princeton and told colleagues how he spent hours on the New Jersey Turnpike when he should have been with his wife Anna and two children, now college age. Says New York University economist Mark Gertler, who collaborated with Bernanke on several studies: "He would...
...Army Air Corps during World War II and then went on to receive an MBA from HBS in 1947 and a doctorate from the Harvard School of Education in 1957. In 1989, the Extension School awarded him the Joann Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award and, in 1994, HBS followed suit, presenting him with a Distinguished Service Award. Raymond was also very involved in non-profit work and led many training courses for an audience ranging from museum directors to police chiefs. Raymond is survived by his wife; a stepson, Geoffrey B. Clark; four brothers, and two grandchildren...