Word: customized
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...King leaps behind the wheel of his black custom-crafted Carlsson Mercedes. Since becoming head of state a year ago, he explains as he steers into traffic through the huge gate in the palace's high, ocher-colored rampart, he has gone on living the regular life he tried to live as Crown Prince. "People are not shocked at all when they see me driving my own car," he says. "I have always driven myself. I can't imagine not doing it. I haven't changed anything, except I moved into a bigger office...
...other hand, the custom of treating succession as a birthright obviously goes way beyond countries that actually label themselves monarchies. The other ruler-by-inheritance in the news lately is Kim Jong Il of North Korea. He didn't have to go through any of that nonsense either...
...future, you'll tell your TV to capture your favorites--49ers games, Happy Days reruns--whenever and wherever they're on, to watch on your own schedule. Or maybe your TV will tell you what to watch. Using the same sort of software Amazon uses to custom-recommend books, your TV will offer a "channel" for you and each family member. This could be disastrous for big networks: you may no more know, or care, whether your favorite show is on NBC or A&E than you know whether your favorite movie was made by Fox or Paramount...
...arrives at the table smiling and carrying a tray of water and tea. O'Connor is small and slight in person but visually arresting. As is often her custom, she has shaved the jet-black hair on her scalp down to about as much stubble as you'd find on George Clooney's cheeks if he went razorless for a long weekend. Her nearly bare head, combined with her wide, bright eyes, gives her a beautiful, birdlike appearance, like something newly hatched. She's wearing brown boots, a blue coat that drapes below her knees, black sunglasses perched...
That hasn't stopped sites from devising new ways to promote their perfumes and powders. Procter & Gamble's reflect.com asks women a series of questions, from their skin type to their personal style, and then offers custom-blended products not available in any store. Newcomer 2glow. com eschews the superstore approach, opting instead for streamlined Top 10 lists of soap, lipstick and lotion that have been rated by consumers. On all the sites, improved onscreen colors are making it easier to tell when a red is more fuchsia than rose. And three firms--AromaJet, DigiScents and TriSenx--are developing...