Word: elasticize
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DIED. R.M. WILLIAMS, 95, iconic cattleman of the Australian bush whose leather-goods and clothing company became a global business empire; near Toowoomba, Queensland. Williams worked as a gold prospector and ranch hand before he began making elastic-sided boots in a shed in the 1930s. He became a multimillionaire...
“What I had in mind was much shorter than what actually emerged,” he says. “But…finishing is an elastic term.”
Word that the CIA had asked the Justice Department to investigate the White House, State Department and Pentagon for leakers threw the West Wing into understandable confusion--not that it has been on its game lately. For most of last week, Administration officials felt their way carefully, hoping not to...
Matthias' success has taught mainstream designers an important lesson: there's money in maternity. "Business school 101 is find a need and fill it," says Julie Chaiken, whose eponymous high-end fashion label introduced Chaiken with Child two years ago. "A good percentage of our customers are pregnant, and we...
If there's one thing they forget to tell you about Antarctica, it's the fact that you won't be getting much sleep there. Time becomes a very elastic concept in summer on the continent?you can expect as much as 20 hours of sunshine a day, and regular...