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...argues that China's current approach to urban development, with its emphasis on size and status over originality, is as environmentally reckless as it is visually dull. With farmland and forests disappearing and water running out, Yu says, cities can't afford be so wasteful: "China needs a dramatic shift. We've misunderstood what it means to be developed. We need to develop a new system, a new vernacular, to express the changing relationship between land and people." When Yu, now 42, returned home in 1997 with a doctorate in design from Harvard and a teaching appointment at Peking University...
...reorganize the space, stopping first in Orlando, Fla., to shake hands with Arnold Palmer, whose face graces the can of Arizona's half-iced-tea, half-lemonade drink. But forget about lounging at the 19th hole: Vultaggio worked the warehouse until 3 a.m., then returned for a 10-hour shift on Saturday. Asked whether he would rather be hanging out with an American icon, Vultaggio says, "What do you think? Doesn't this look more...
Some analysts think that Vultaggio's stubborn streak, especially his rejection of advertising, is hurting him. Pirko, president of BevMark, believes that with soda lagging, Coke and Pepsi will shift some focus to trouncing Arizona. "It's vulnerable," Pirko says of Arizona. "Word of mouth might work when there's little competition, but now the shelves are overloaded, groaning with new products. He who spends is usually he who gets the space." Vultaggio is utterly unmoved. "We've got a winning formula," he says. "What's the sense of changing...
...wonder a MercExchange lawyer fumed in early March when the Buy It Now patent was reassigned to a new examiner after staff in the technology center had spent 21/2 years dealing with it. The new examiner rejected MercExchange's application after only a few days, although the shift may reflect the new way the patent office handles re-examinations in cases more than two years old, with an emphasis on speed...
...know when you've crossed the line pining for the old days? "People who keep reliving their past can really wear others down," says Batcho. "So if you notice people starting to avoid you, that's usually a clear sign." Striking a healthy balance may require you to shift your focus--to others, away from yourself. "Once you become pro-social," says Batcho, "you can reach down into the successes of the past and think, How can I use them now? You succeeded because you were talented in some way and other people appreciated...