Word: utilitarian
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...boomers who can afford a two-seater now that their kids have grown up. Though sports-car sales account for just 1% of total vehicle spending, automakers view the eye-catching cars as a vital way to give a gleam to their brands, enhancing the image of an otherwise utilitarian fleet and luring shoppers into showrooms. Done right, two-seaters make money too. Outfitted with luxury fixings, they often yield hefty profit margins...
...Utilitarian philosopher and Princeton Professor Peter Singer offers a conservative estimate that by donating $200 to a charity that fights starvation and disease in sub-Saharan Africa, you can save one human life by saving a child from an early death. The U.N. estimates that 70 million people will die of the AIDS in the next 20 years alone. At present, the disease turns another child into an orphan every 14 seconds. We cannot put African AIDS patients ahead of our family members when we decide how to spend money. However, we can give up trivial possessions and unnecessary indulgences...
...hundred years before and after Jesus' birth practiced secondary burial--the transfer of bones of the deceased from a first grave into a container that was then deposited in the family burial cave. Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of such boxes, ranging from ornately carved and painted chests to utilitarian containers devoid of any inscription. The James ossuary fell somewhere in the middle. Its owner says he was familiar with its inscription but, as a Jew, was unaware that the names were special. One day last spring he invited Lemaire--in Jerusalem on a scholar's break from...
...preacher clearly enjoys the toys he can now afford?the publishing business alone brings in $130,000 a month, aides say?Aa Gym insists that his flying lessons, the $2,000 DVD player installed in one of his cars and, yes, even the glistening Kawasaki Eliminator are simply utilitarian. "I have enough money to buy anything I want, that Lexus for example," he says, pointing to a black model with smoked-glass windows. "But I don't. The van is more practical. All my technology is state of the art because I need to be efficient. I don't indulge...
Today, the kitchen is the star again, family HQ, after having wandered around for two centuries like an unwanted boarder. At times it was a separate building, attached to the rear of the house or relegated to the basement. The small, utilitarian kitchen got back into the house in the early 20th century. "It's the meeting place, the eating place, the social gathering place, the communications exchange," says Fitzpatrick. "The new layouts reflect the inherent need of family members to be near the headquarters...