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Get the Summary of Christopher Mims' Arriving Today in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In Arriving Today, Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from creation to delivery, weaves its way from a factory on the other side of the world to our doorstep. He analyzes the evolving technologies and management strategies necessary to keep the product moving...
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#1 The year is 1979, and I announce that I have in my possession an electronic device that can communicate with another person on the other side of the world. I call it a cell phone! you would probably think I was crazy.
#2 The steps of a good man or woman are directed by the Lord. I've missed some steps, but I've also learned a lot in the process. I wholeheartedly...
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#1 The ship will become an astonishing, remarkable thing: thousands of tons of thousands of types of cargo, floating on miles of water, traveling safely to the other side of the world. Kendal's job is to travel to Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, and Rotterdam.
#2 The people of Kendal live and work in the accommodation house, a cream superstructure placed toward the rear of...
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#1 I was often found sleepingwalking in the middle of the night, crawling backward down the stairs to get to the front door. I was living in an attic apartment made up of a series of former maids' rooms.
#2 I was six years old when my parents divorced. I went to a new school, and became best friends with another little girl, named Asia. We learned to read and write together,...
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#1 I had known David Niven almost all of my life. I had met him in Hollywood just after the war when I was a child living with my grandmother, Gladys Cooper, who was to work with him in both The Bishop's Wife and Separate Tables. I had written magazine and Times profiles of him occasionally.
#2 The author realized that David had a book to write after hearing David's...