Word: namings
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...dream" doesn't necessarily have to constitute something particularly sophisticated, either. Cosmopolitan ran an article last month about a DKNY publicist who launched a website that chronicles her fictional character, a trendy Manhattanite named Vivian. Supposedly, thousands of people are logging on daily to check out what "Vivian" is up to--you can even leave your name and e-mail address so she can contact you "should something major be going on, or just to say hello." One wonders what "major" fictional event could possibly be important enough to manifest itself tangibly--did Vivian get an invisible...
...Friday night, when Harvard stepped on the court at tip-off against Cornell, Clemente wasn't in the starting lineup. However, it took just three minutes for Sullivan to call his name off the bench...
...Security flips through a stack of papers without really looking. "No names are on here." We try again, naming a MTV contact that we're supposed to meet. "Megan Henry," we try. He looks up. The name is recognized. Buzz...
...name is Deirdre Mask and I'm from North Carolina, and I wanted to request 98 degrees because I think that they are sooooooo hot!!!" I cheer. The girls cheer. I'm finished. Watching the video, they look hotter than ever. So many beautiful people. Sigh. Soman is up shortly after. He requests Christina, and comments on her utter "fineness." Cheers. Squeals. Still 40 minutes...
...using web sites to supply parts and keep track of maintenance records. The home-computer scheme burnishes the corporation's forward-looking image by investing in the quality of life of its employees - the sort of p.r. spin that helped build GM's Saturn as a viable brand name in the '90s. Improving the high-tech skills of the workforce also reflects the needs of an increasingly digitized production process, while connecting all its employees to the Internet allows the company to contemplate online training initiatives (Ford promises not to peek into the employees' Internet and e-mail traffic...