Word: requesting
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...like today's, but the humble cart is fast evolving. By next fall, using radio-frequency sensors to navigate, your cart will display a map to guide you through the aisles, pointing out sales and specials. Instead of taking a number, you'll use the touch screen to request shrimp from the seafood section or cold cuts from the deli to be picked up on your way to the checkout...
Gross, speaking at his first opening exercises as dean of the College, began the ceremony by pointing out that a member of the Class of 2007 could end up being an alumni speaker at Harvard’s quadricentennial in 2036. He put in a request in advance, asking the potential speakers to save him a seat...
...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 don't want to lose them for nine months." At the request of special clients like Cindy Crawford and supermodel Vendela, Chaiken began creating a maternity version of its signature pants--with elastic in the waistband and an emphatic lack of ugly front pouches. Scouts at high-end department stores like Barneys New York heard about the designer's expanding waistlines and asked...
...particularly from Muslim nations such as Turkey and Pakistan. U.S. commanders have made clear that even if the U.S. manages to attract the desired 40,000 or 50,000 international troops, that won't necessarily mean a draw-down of U.S. force levels in Iraq. Until now, Washington's request for help from the more robust, self-sufficient and experienced armies of India, Pakistan, Turkey, France, Russia and Germany have been rebuffed on the grounds that these countries are unable to contribute troops to what is currently, in legal terms, a U.S.-British occupation of Iraq. That...
...early August, Taiwan impounded a North Korean vessel at the request of the U.S., confiscating 158 barrels of a chemical that U.S. officials said could be an ingredient for weapons of mass destruction. "More of its boats will be stopped," says a Western official involved in interdiction policy. "This is the future for North Korea." Even China, North Korea's only real benefactor and the host for this week's talks, is losing patience and has admonished North Korea to disarm...