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From the moment he took the stage in the Washington Hilton's International Ballroom, Huckabee was in his element. The Arkansas contingent in the front of the hall went nuts, waving low-tech H-U-C-K-A-B-E-E placards. Unlike the other candidates, Huckabee was greeted by a standing ovation throughout the entire cavernous room. He settled in behind the lectern as if it were a pulpit, greeting the crowd "not as one who comes to you, but as one who comes from...
Market bubbles are not obvious when they are occurring. Even former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he's unable to tell for sure when exuberance becomes irrational. While being questioned before Congress a couple of years ago about the 2000 tech-stock meltdown, Greenspan famously said: "As events evolved, we recognized that, despite our suspicions, it was very difficult to definitively identify a bubble until after the fact - that is, when its bursting confirmed its existence...
Dining at Harvard used to be a classy experience. Very little about the Harvard of 2007 recalls the glory of our college’s more genteel days. Once resplendent, Harvard’s dining halls have surrendered the patrician in favor of the high-tech and the modern. Those tempted to doubt the completeness of the transition need look no further than Harvard University Dining Service’s (HUDS) recent purchase of 13 flat-screen televisions and accompanying interactive digital kiosks...
...more elegant we were than everyone else. Whither went our intricately carved wooden chairs? Our tables crafted from aged, solid oak covered in soft, silken tablecloths? Our bow-tied and jacketed service staff? The degrading and dishonorable concept of self-service—requesting our own meals on high-tech kiosks, for example—had as large a place in this elegant world of silk and mahogany as women did on the student side of the kitchen door...
...technology to create limited-edition pieces that are almost as expensive as a work of art. Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière cut old-fashioned floral-printed radzimir, the heavy silk once used for mourning garments, with a laser and then bonded it with the flexible, breathable high-tech fabric commonly found in extreme-sports apparel. The dresses will retail for $7,000. At Roger Vivier, a pair of chiffon-and-leather sandals, braided and painted by hand, will ring in at $4,000--and only three pairs will be made. "Where is the luxury if you see things everywhere?" asks...