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...manipulating the size of the visual items you’re presenting, you can try to trick the kids into using those kind of cues, such as the area of red stuff,” Barth said. “But we didn’t succeed in tricking them. They by default use the number of things...
...Wexner, the man who virtually invented the strategy of trading up, is now entrusting a big chunk of his business to the man who popularized the phrase. The trick, generally speaking, is to reposition things that are essentially commodities (coffee, sandwiches, vodka) by convincing the mass market that it needs a better version (Starbucks, Panera Bread, Grey Goose). Scarcity is stripped from the equation: in the new luxury math, there is a Starbucks on every corner and a Bath & Body Works in every suburban shopping mall...
...ever recorded. He insists it's not directed at anyone in particular, and the lyrics--"You're not aware/ Of what you put me through/ But now the feeling's gone"--don't offer up any autobiographical clues, but it seethes with bitterness. The trick to these very tough tunes is that they're essentially untethered from anything like a formal chorus. They don't try to resolve themselves; they just drift into provocative emotional territory and linger for a while. Chaos and Creation has its share of bright moments too--the arena-ready Follow Me, the joyously goofy Promise...
...highlight for most visitors is the international shucking contest, when contestants from as far afield as Singapore and Estonia compete for the world title. Scandinavians have held the top spot in recent years (in 2004, Oslo chef Ola Nilsson unseated the previous year's Swedish winner). The trick is to combine speed with precision. Competitors are penalized if their oysters contain grit, or if flesh is improperly detached from the shells or damaged...
...audience: How did two white foreigners, along with their two-year-old daughter, manage among people who had been in contact with the outside world for only 60 years? If they stayed long enough, the pair reasoned, the Ganiga would eventually lose interest and resume their lives - the trick being, says Connolly, "to never interfere, never divulge a confidence and only ask people questions if it can't be avoided." Black Harvest was testimony to their success - in a cloistered society which few outsiders penetrated, these two filmmakers, laden with modern ways and equipment, established themselves in the Nebilyer...