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Hang on to your boarding passes this holiday season--it's bound to be a bumpy ride. Luckily, there's a new generation of travel gadgets designed to ease your passage in style and comfort. Case in point: the Travel Brush Kit, above, from Michael Marcus Cosmetics ($95). It packs eight sable makeup brushes into a compact just slightly thicker than a passport...
...crossbow and arrows at the ready. Like most of his tribe, he was an expert archer - and, as ruler of a still restive empire, he relished his role as commander in chief. In the other portrait Kangxi sits at his desk in a simple Chinese robe, holding a large brush to practice calligraphy, the most prized Chinese art and one of his favorite pastimes. Though he kept ordinary Chinese segregated from the ruling Manchus, Kangxi spoke their language fluently, studied Confucianism daily, and presented himself as the true Son of Heaven, fitting heir to the Chinese dynasties before him. Kangxi...
...Crimson’s closest brush with an Ivy championship came in 1983-84, when Joe Carrabino ’84-85, the school’s all time leading scorer, dropped 22 points and corralled just over seven rebounds a game to lead Harvard to a 9-5 mark—a game back of the league champion Tigers...
...Roomba, the robotic vacuum, steals a few tricks from its predecessor to tackle a different chore: mopping tile, linoleum or sealed hardwood floors. With each pass, Scooba completes four tasks: it sweeps loose debris, sprays a special Clorox cleaning solution onto the floor, scrubs the surface with a brush and then uses a "squeegee-vac" to suck up the dirty water. Like Roomba, Scooba works around obstacles and has "cliff" sensors that prevent it from falling down stairs. Different sensors keep Scooba off your high-pile carpet. Next: Up and Away...
...open until midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends—the restaurant faces disciplinary action, which could include further restrictions on its hours of operation. “We’re under fire for selling burritos or food after hours,” said Thomas J. Brush, the restaurant’s co-owner. “We were caught selling a burrito outside of our door at 2:15 a.m. We had somebody begging us, and we were caught by one of the license inspectors.” According to Elizabeth Y. Lint, executive officer...