Word: blades
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...name is Jessica, and I'm from Havertown, Pa. I like softball, and I play the saxophone, the flute and the piano. I also have a tattoo." The small dormitory room erupts in whistles and whoops. "Where? Where?" Jessica draws out the answer for effect: "On my shoulder blade...
Known for its quality and versatility, the Swiss Army Knife has long been the favored possession of many an adventurer. But can Swiss Army Sunglasses inspire the same level of affection? Switzerland's Victorinox, manufacturer of the famed blade, has given permission to its U.S. distributors to use the high-profile Swiss Army name for other products. A division of the Connecticut-based Forschner Group is starting to market a small shelf of quality wares designed to march in step with the knife's popularity. So far they include the sunglasses ($115), featuring a "precision-fit torsion system" that prevents...
John Sundet, chief executive of Roller-blade Inc., shares the feeling. His Minnesota-based company, which pioneered the skates and controls more than 70% of the $60 million in-line market, has seen its product quickly become synonymous with the sport. "From a marketing standpoint," says Sundet, "it's a dream to have your product so closely identified with the activity." The company's sales have zoomed from $3 million in 1987 to a projected $40 million this year. Close to 700,000 Americans have bought blades. Other manufacturers cashing in on the phenomenon include Vermont-based Canstar, which markets...
Most of that creativity, however, comes not from the director, but from Phillip K. Dick's original short story, "We Can Remember it for you Wholesale," the basis for Total Recall. Dick's story, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," was developed into the movie Blade Runner...
...million. (Total Recall, a Paul Verhoeven film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.) You want it to boast elaborate sets and gadgety special effects. (TR created a Martian colony on a Mexican soundstage.) You want it to blend science fiction, action adventure and suspense. (TR filches blithely from Star Wars and Blade Runner, from RoboCop and Hitchcock films.) You want it to have plenty of cartoon mayhem for the ^ blood brigade. (TR meets its kill quota in the mid-hundreds.) Oh, and if it's not too much trouble, you'd like the movie to be fast, witty, glamorous, with thrill piling...