Word: customizer
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...this straight. When the McCaughey septuplets were born in 1997, President Clinton called to congratulate the parents, who were given a free 12-passenger van, Pampers for life, furniture, food and a custom-built house. Last spring, when Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar got pregnant with their 18th child, they announced it on the Today show, and their reality-TV show launched that fall. When Nadya Suleman, 33, gave birth to octuplets on Jan. 26, she got revulsion, ridicule and death threats. A talk-radio host who called her a freak said his listeners were prepared to boycott any company...
...family pottery class to create a personalized dinner plate. On Saturday afternoon, kids get a lesson with the Inn's chef, who teaches them how to cook their own mac and cheese and sugar cookies. At dinnertime kids get served, you guessed it, mac and cheese on their custom-made plates, and at night, their sugar cookies will be waiting by their bed with a glass of milk. Rates begin at $329 for two nights. Through Sept. 1. 113 Washington Avenue...
Last week President Obama joined the chorus of outrage at the $18.2 billion in Wall Street bonus bucks, wondering just what these guys were thinking after a year in which the Federal Government had to put up $770 billion to save their custom-suit-wearing butts. The answer is that they were thinking about the same thing they always think about: more. Wall Streeters follow the Principle of More. I want more than I made last year; I want more than you made; I want more stock; I want more toys. And don't we all? It's just that...
...very poor countries. "Often families marry off girls very young because they want to protect them, not realizing the dangers they face," says Stella Schumacher, a UNICEF child-protection specialist in New York. "It requires a change of social norms. Legislation is not enough." (Read "Selling Brides: Native Mexican Custom or Crime...
Ferragamo designed custom shoes for celebrities like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Which celebrity had the most unique feet...