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...Tripper. Discovery Cruise Line is offering free day cruises to Grand Bahama Island from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Register online, and the company will send an email entitling service members to the complimentary cruise. The offer's good until...
Within 12 months, Elfers had streamlined the merchandise, discarding $350 million worth of retail volume. Out went Liz Claiborne, Tommy Hilfiger and Nautica to make room for Coach, Kate Spade and Tommy Bahama. "The big theme that drives retail is getting back control of the brand, which is what they've tried to do," says Chen. "The Starbucks theory [of always expanding] doesn't work for fashion." Since 2003 Lord & Taylor has replaced 85% of its merchandise and reduced its style count 45%. The current 47-store chain is more akin to a specialty store: manageable, edited and easier...
...That means this year's presenters will still get a load of goodies including five days at the Old Bahama Bay on Grand Bahama Island, a one-year bicoastal membership to Sports Club L.A. (with facilities in a half-dozen other locations), a string of real pearls, Dooney & Bourke leather rolling luggage, a 365-day supply of Dove chocolates and Sprint Fusic mobile phones, which retail for $329 each. Just how much the IRS gets is between them and their tax accountants...
...untimely death, it seemed suspiciously well timed. Last September, while awaiting sentencing on a federal extortion conviction and just days before he was to be indicted on fraud charges, former New Jersey State Senator David Friedland was reported to have drowned in a scuba-diving accident near Grand Bahama Island. Last week the missing politico's attorney received a phone call with a taped message: "I am alive and in fear for my life," it began. Friedland hinted that he had evidence of other possible crimes, implying that he might cut a deal with authorities...
...favorite Harvard moment occurred in the Bahamas during Spring Break 2002. About 30 of us found ourselves in a vast resort on Grand Bahama Island with a number of cheap-o liquor stores and a bevy of buxom high school girls. We seemed sure of ourselves, strolling about in pastel Polo shirts with a few pairs of Prada sunglasses, sipping rum-and-tonics by the sea. For all intents and purposes, I think we looked pretty cool, but after the experiences of one fateful evening, we sunk into the inevitable effluvium of dorkdom. No matter how many girls sported this...