Word: buzzes
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Industry experts attribute the buzz in higher-end mowers to several factors. As the average suburban lot size has increased--up 5.7% from 1992 to 2002--homeowners have been trading up to riding mowers. Baby boomers hitting retirement are dumping their old push mowers and warming to the back-friendlier seats and softer suspensions on many models. Folks in a rush are buying models that reduce gardening time. And there has been plenty of cheap credit to grease sales. "Consumers are voting with their pocketbooks," says John Jenkins, president of Deere's commercial and consumer division, which forecasts...
...town” can refer to Palm Beach, Florida, one of the richest towns in the country), and her name is Lilly Pulitzer, creator of the brightly colored, Palm Beach clothing and lifestyle brand bearing her name. Lilly began her business in the late 60s, but today enjoys more buzz than ever as she whimsically prances barefoot into American popular culture, one wild flower shift dress at a time...
Caught amidst the buzz of the metrosexuals, gay men are also feeling the wrath of Queer Eye. Stillwell owns up to this fact. “I hate not being able to work out because I have a paper due... It is nice to be able to rip off your shirt at Manray with all eyes on you,” he says. Gay males are constantly bombarded with the image of the slim, toned, coiffed, fragrant and designer-clad boyish hunk. “Gay culture is very conscious of appearance,” says Foster. Mountain, the wardrobe...
Amidst the buzz in the sports apparel store’s last night was one veteran of the athletic world...
...self-imposed” exile from Hollywood (which was sort of like the “self-imposed” exile Saddam Hussein was urged to take early last March). Capitalizing on her old age and new face (she’s 41), Moore generated massive buzz last summer with her suspiciously fresh-faced appearance and relationship with the years’ younger Ashton Kutcher. The excitement was so great that even the disappointing box office results of her cinematic return (Charlie’s Angels 2) appear to have done little to dampen public interest in her romantic...