Word: cigar
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...that seems to be changing. Realtors say housing prices are finally dropping and apartments are going vacant. Moreover, a number of large New York City firms have announced layoffs. Retailers are bracing for things to get much worse. "Cigars are a celebratory medium," says Richard Hu, who owns Wall Street Humidor, a cigar shop in lower Manhattan. "And I guess there's just not that much to celebrate these days...
...Retailers, particularly those who cater to Wall Street, are already feeling a downturn. Hu says customers have downscaled their stogies and are increasingly asking for Rocky Patels, which can cost as little as $5 a cigar. Back in 2006, Hu says, the hot sellers were Opus X Fuentes, which can cost as much as $35, or $500 by the box. "Sales are off 30%," says...
...long been a fan of the Sonos music system, a collection of small, cigar-box-sized devices that attach to any stereo in my home and allow me to wirelessly stream digital music. I couple it with the music subscription service, Rhapsody, and get access to some 5 million songs - virtually anything I want to hear, whenever I want to hear...
...were said to have ended his Hollywood career. And his drinking habits can't have helped either - only the onset of diabetes forced him to become a teetotaler, albeit an unrepentant one: "There's a little more dignity in sharing a couple of cocktails, some caviar and a good cigar on a yacht with Katherine Hepburn and Nunnally Johnson than there is in washing down your sugar-free seventy-fifth birthday cake with a can of Diet Pepsi and a SpongeBob SquarePants hat askew on your head...
...Beautiful Mind,” “Gladiator,” “The Transformers,” “Dreamgirls,” and “Sweeney Todd”—you probably picture a stout, frowning guy, puffing on a cigar, sitting in an overstuffed office chair while overlooking the hills of Hollywood. However, the time has come for us all to do some re-imagining. Replace the fat guy with a trim, L.A.-chic woman named Stacey Snider. Snider, the highly fashionable Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios and former...