31. But Toyota and Honda have adopted policies designed to slow sales to large dealer groups like Republic. 32. Chinese stock markets boomed in the fourth quarter amid expectations that corporate profits will recover after the government ended three years of lending limits designed to slow inflation. 33. Costa Rica native Knox Clayton talks about his move from fashion design to interior design. 34. Digital Equipment Corp. has introduced a new generation of muscular and lightweight notebook computers designed to jumpstart its stalled mobile business. 35. Ducts are essentially channels designed to direct air from one place to another. 36. Every year, lure manufacturers cut, whittle or inject plastic to create new artificial lures designed to spin, dart, splash and wobble on the surface. 37. Everything on the supermarket pet-food shelf is designed to appeal strictly to the humans who purchase it. 38. Every seat is designed to look and feel like a first class airline seat, and the armrests between seats can be raised and stowed out of the way. 39. From art to fashion to design to architecture, visual culture at the turn of the millennium is spirited and seductive. 40. Fuses and breakers are designed to sense power overloads and interrupt the flow of electricity. |