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...Thin, muscular and about 45, Gary always wears tight jeans and a cowboy hat. He addresses me as “pretty lady,” as in “thank you, pretty lady,” when I bring him black coffee and half a toasted banana nut muffin every morning...
...comes in on Mondays. The other interns all had the day off. I didn’t even know if Michelle, our boss, was coming in that day. I was confused, tired, sweaty and annoyed—not sexy. Plus, later in the week, I discovered that the cocky, Banana-Republic intern in the office down the hall was being paid twice as much as I was. Was I being penalized for my jean jacket...
...things get out of hand, it may also mean a trade war between the U.S. and Europe to replace the banana-themed skirmish the two regions just settled. U.S. senators Phil Gramm (R-Tx.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) - the latter two new chairmen of influential Senate committees - accused EU regulators of protectionism and warned of a possible "chilling effect" on trans-Atlantic relations...
Last year, as Warnaco's share of intimate apparel fell before the likes of Intimate Brands (Victoria's Secret), Banana Republic, VF Corp. (Vanity Fair) and Sara Lee (Playtex, Wonderbra), the company lost $338 million. Trading in Warnaco's stock, which reached $44 in 1998, was suspended last week after it tumbled to 39[cents] a share; Wachner resigned from the board of the New York Stock Exchange. Her personal stake in the company has plunged from around $200 million to $1.8 million...
...Billerica, Mass. Using a technique in which images are made from X rays scattered back from objects (rather than passing through them), AS&E's systems can spot--with extraordinary clarity--guns, drugs, plastic explosives and other contraband, even when hidden, say, in the middle of a fully packed banana truck. One of the company's products, called BodySearch, reveals ghostly images of weapons and whatever else--including genitals--might be hidden underneath your clothes...