(Curiously, Japan, with hardly any Jarlsberg imports, is Tine's No. 2 export market. Japanese food processors favor Norvegia, a Gouda-like cheese. And the public likes Ridder, a sharp, strong cheese).
In English National Opera's London rehearsal base, a maze of narrow corridors and catering smells described by German conductor André de Ridder as "like a U-Boat", two staff members are discussing The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant.
His language was more neutral than that of Knight Ridder alumni like James M. Naughton, a former top editor at The Inquirer, who said that news values should trump maximizing profits.
Knight Ridder executives like Polk Laffoon IV, vice president for corporate communications, warned that if the stock price dipped too far, a company could become a prime takeover target, as investors might sell to someone who promised a higher return whether or not they cared about the quality of journalism.
For instance, Carrier and Company took inspiration from antique Japanese indigo-dyed textiles in its gestural Stepping Stones rug, while Ms. Ridder based her basketweave-like Gigi rug on an iPad art project by her youngest daughter.
In it, Mr. Cassidy said he asked if it was not time for a business leader like Mr. Ridder "to stand up to irrational markets and redefine financial success".
Like Knight Ridder, Gannett has been buying back stock with its ample free cash flow of $3.15 per share.
(That, of course, can cut both ways -- newspaper companies like The New York Times Company, Tribune, Knight Ridder and Belo had assembled their Internet assets in a ready form for initial public offerings, only to see the Internet initial offering market go south).
At the newspapers of Knight Ridder's rivals, profit margins are rising, analysts say, like skyscrapers in a boom town -- into the low 20's (at The Baltimore Sun), to 30 (at The Chicago Tribune).
With the string orchestra (and limited percussion) arranged in two symmetrical halves, and instruments in either natural temperament or a sixth-tone lower, the oscillating timbres frequently sound more like a synthesiser than a string orchestra.De Ridder's clear and admirably ambidextrous conducting helped keep the shapes clear and vivid.
