Word: cropped
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Pforzheimer is one of the lucky Houses with a cash-crop--a popular dance or some other stream of revenue that can be counted on year after year to bring in the bucks...
Every year, by ambition or by accident, they catapult across the pop-culture consciousness, burning through their 15 minutes of fame. 2000's bumper crop of accidental/incidental celebs is the usual motley crew of marauding children, incompetent athletes, television brides and dippy politicians. Take a good look--they won't be back next year...
...TAIL SAVING The Web offers a host of chances to save on shopping this season, with a few caveats. First is the growing crop of sites, including amazing-bargains.com and one called flamingoworld.com that steer you to promotions and bargains. But beware the many strings attached. A second group, including Overstock.com and SmartBargains.com liquidates failed e-tailers' inventory. But note: as with all liquidators, this is merchandise other vendors couldn't push...
GMOs do present risks, but they are not nearly as horrible as opponents make them out to be. The FDA approval process for GMOs is rigorous. Advantages such as higher crop yields and less pesticide use benefit both producers and consumers...
...Loud Records (Sony owns a 49% stake) that allowed each member to branch into solo projects on other labels. Every few years the group pulls together for an album, thus raising each member's visibility and bolstering the branding strength of Wu-Tang, Inc. It then launches a new crop of Wu-branded products. The cycle repeats. It resembles a concept called the virtual corporation, in which a company maintains just a small core and outsources everything else. During a three-year hiatus after their 1997 record-setting double album Wu-Tang Forever, the group's Wu-Wear clothing line...