Word: development
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past five years, a team of 48 engineers and market strategists at Arthur D. Little has been working with the Department of Energy and the Chrysler Corporation to develop a high-tech gadget called a "reformer" that would solve that problem...
...political consulting firms, where the electorate is actively manipulated by sound bites and empty catch phrases, and where an increasing number of individuals have become so cynical about the political process that they don't even bother to vote. That space where politicians communicate arguments to citizens and citizens develop their own opinions is in serious jeopardy. If Cotton is genuinely committed to his "true model of deliberative democracy," then it seems that he has much to learn from Habermas after all. --Jared H. Beck...
Creative genius allowed Izabel Lam to produce sensational dinnerware and cutlery designs. But to sell them successfully worldwide, she had to develop other qualities: a tough skin, a readiness to fight legal battles in country after country and a willingness to subordinate her artistic tastes to production considerations, though of a special sort. Her problem was one that bedevils many other American exporters and overseas manufacturers, big and small: design piracy...
Still, Grier may develop a new fan base. At 48, she is someone more mature audiences can root for. "Women in society in their 40s feel the absence of a lot of things," says Grier, who is engaged to Kevin Evans, 35, a record producer. "Society says they are not attractive, have no sex appeal and are thrown away. That's not true. I'm as energetic as I've ever been, and my sex drive today is so intensified that I just drive myself crazy. I feel better than I felt at 19." The baddest one-chick hit squad...
...kept private. Along with a delegation of top American officials, she spent a Saturday at Chequers, the country retreat of British Prime Ministers. Sitting around a conference table with TONY BLAIR and his political brain trust, they worked together on ways for "New Labour and New Democrats to develop policies in a complementary way that are a model for other center-left parties around the world," says Peter Mandelson, the media guru who has helped shape Blair's image...