Word: standardizing
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Last night, he elaborated on several proposals he supports, most of which are standard fare for Democratic politicians...
...making business decisions," says Faust. "I wanted to give the executives more of a reason to consider a design than 'We think this is cool.'" Well, cool could be enough. General Mills is re-examining cereal boxes, Kodak has ditched the black-box camera, Swingline has streamlined its standard stapler. Any company without in-house talent is reaching for a hot design consultant. "Manufacturers recognize that consumers are looking for more than functional benefits," says Barry Shepard, co-founder of SHR Perceptual Management, the design consultancy that helped conceive the Volkswagen Beetle. "A product that matters needs to say something...
...romance genre will never have its Le Carre, but spy novels have never had a Nora Roberts--an author who has made the transition from paperbacks beloved by the romance cognoscenti to hard-covers marketed successfully for mainstream readers. "Nora is the standard that nobody's going to eclipse," says Kate Duffy, an editorial director at Kensington Books, America's largest publisher of romance novels--but not, to Duffy's regret, of those by Nora Roberts. "Authors don't know how Nora does it. She is unique. She is a phenomenon. She has a gift, an extraordinary talent. It just...
...contained many inaccuracies. These old allegations relate back to events of the 1970s and '80s, and no evidence of fraud has ever been produced. Your report purported to comment on the current state of the market in saying "Lloyd's too is struggling mightily." The independent rating agency Standard & Poor's disagrees, as does A.M. Best. Their good ratings further demonstrate the strength of Lloyd...
ORGANIC UPDATE Confused about exactly what the "Certified Organic" label means? No wonder. Today there are more meanings of the word organic than there are decent ways to prepare tofu. But the USDA has stepped in with a tough-minded new proposal for a national organic-food standard. Besides banning hormones, pesticides and antibiotics, the guideline would prohibit food irradiation, genetically engineered ingredients and the use of sewage sludge for fertilizer in organic foods. A formal ruling is expected to take effect by year...