Word: teal
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...pair of 1930s vintage chairs at a flea market outside Paris in 1994. But they were too small for 1990s American legs. When they approached leather wholesalers with their order, Gold and Williams found that American companies were not prepared for them: they could buy white leather or teal leather, but not basic brown. What's more, the key to the chairs was their age, their power to evoke the cigar-laden atmosphere of a bygone era, so the leather had to look old. After a long search, Gold found a factory in the Netherlands with a process for distressing...
...Congress. The DOT, with encouragement from North Carolina politicians, graciously complied and cut a check for a cool, taxpayer-funded $10.8 million on Nov. 30. Industry analysts were surprised by the Midway bailout. "This sets a new and dysfunctional precedent in airline economics," says Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group. Aviation Daily editor Michael Miller called the move "a great public-works project for the state of North Carolina." Midway Airlines CEO Robert Ferguson would not return phone calls from TIME, but other reports have said the airline may try to start flying again this month...
Here's to the NFL's expansion Houston Texans, whose name is simple and classy (albeit incredibly unoriginal). Here's to other team names that appeal those who prefer pinstripes, blues or grays to teal-the Cowboys, the Bears and-it hurts to say it-the Yankees and Bulls...
Beat slumps in his chair. He picks his nose. He languorously runs a woman's comb through his hair. At times he appears defeated by the turgid subject and the mediocrity of assembled talent. Gradually, the teal and purple hibiscuses on his Hawaiian aloha shirt descend lower behind his gargantuan desk. The show is a bore, and Beat's not afraid to admit it. Who do you think the TV audience identifies with: the kimono-clad manga artist tendentiously making a point about how Japan isn't ready to host the World Cup, or Beat and his flagrant disdain...
...damage to its prestige that the crash and the grounding have caused. People paid thousands of dollars more than for regular airliners to fly the Concorde, not only for its speed but also for bragging rights. "The Concorde meant getting pampered," says Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst at the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. "Uncertainty about the plane eliminates part of the cachet that was crucial to the Concorde's success...