Word: vacuumed
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...Whatever the explanation - caution, confusion, failure to communicate - the upshot is that the straight business press has left a vacuum in explaining the consequences to the public. And that vacuum has been filled by professional gabbers like Glenn Beck and James Cramer, both of whom were predicting a possible Great Depression yesterday. They might well be right, but we've heard them get so excited about so much for so long, who can possibly know? The vacuum has also been filled by political columnists and pundits, some of whom (like Paul Krugman) actually know a lot about the subject...
...Where there's a vacuum of information, the loudest voices fill the gap. As does confusion. As does suspicion. If those things are hobbling us from making vital decisions right now, then it's time for the business press to step...
...schedules and making a conscious decision to slow it down," says one executive whose studio is currently seeking financing. As evidence, he points to how many companies shuffled their lineups when Warner Bros. moved the next Harry Potter movie from November to summer 2009. "When you take a gigantic vacuum out of the marketplace, everyone gets to breathe a little...
...redesign as Bethel. “I didn’t like it at first,” said Christian L. Garland ’10, “but then after using it I found that it was cleaner, more efficient, and less cluttered. Like a good vacuum.” His advice to peers who aren’t as happy is simple: “Get over it.” Justin Smith of InsideFacebook.com, a blog that covers the company, said he views New Facebook as a definite improvement for application developers, whose products...
...become comfortable in the kitchen, but who wants easy? At some point between my fifth time chopping wild boar and my 50th time plating panna cotta, I became the chef I always wanted to be: a casual cook who could say, “Put the goose in the vacuum sealer” in Italian.—Columnist Rebecca A. Cooper can be reached at cooper3@fas.harvard.edu...