Word: winterize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Take a Wayne, Pa., company called Planalytics, for example. A division of Strategic Weather Services, Planalytics helps businesses understand how weather drives consumer behavior. Four years ago, Duraflame, makers of manufactured fire logs better known for setting the mood than heating the house, prepared for winter by stocking 20% more inventory in its warehouses than the firm thought it would need. With weather affecting its average sales volume up to 15%, Duraflame couldn't afford to miss out on a cold snap. But unseasonably mild weather in one part of the country could mean inventory would sit useless for weeks...
...provide the kiosks with some substantively attractive characteristics to go along with their shiny new look. Many of the delays that were caused by an overload of the data storage system were eliminated when the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Computing Services (HFASCS) replaced that system over the winter break. A plan to increase storage capacity on the everyday "fas" set of systems is currently being implemented...
...feelings, from an extended meditation on Penn's obsession with the word "popsicle," to Mann's dependence on the Internet for song ideas. Although Tomkins joked about Penn's second thoughts about the tour ("she said it would be just like a honeymoon--New England in the dead of winter!"), the audience could see just how untrue this was. The wamth between the two on stage was genuine, and no amount of winter weather could chill...
...Jennifer: I guess the main thing is when I first got here people made fun of my accent and the way I talk. Also the weather different. It's freezing cold here. I bought my first boots my freshman year. First real winter coat, first winter scarf. I feel cramped in Boston. Things are more spread out. I like to drive places. There's yards. This place is kinda cramped. Two people can't walk on the sidewalk...
...then there's a trendy new bastard sister to the tired tube top. These over the shoulder boulder holders by Max Mara and Plein Sud bare one sun-kissed shoulder for all admiring leches in tow. Try these in citrus colors, such as light lemon and apricot, to heighten winter pallor...