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...strokes in and get the season going.”HARVARD CREWThe Crimson—whose boathouse rests in the heart of the course and whose crews are so numerous each October—is often considered the unofficial host for the Head of the Charles.And as has become custom, Harvard provided the requisite hospitality and competition, serving up the delicate mix of humor and hard work that makes the regatta unique amongst fall competitions.A Harvard men’s heavyweight eight dressed as a rainbow, with coxswain Tope Amos clothed as the cloud. Two varsity lightweight eights donned spray...
...issue in Britain does not seem to be the veil per se, but the more extreme full-face covering known as the niqab, the comments of Blair and Straw seem perfectly reasonable to me. Neither of them asked Muslim women to abandon their belief in hijab, or the custom of veiling, altogether. Both zeroed in on the niqab, a minority practice considered extreme by even mainstream Muslim standards. (The niqab tradition is confined to certain regions of the Muslim world, parts of the Gulf, and Pakistan; a similar covering is known as the burqa in Afghanistan.) I come from...
...caught on too. The retail giant started offering garage-organization and -remodeling services in 2005, and now has the service in 700 of its 1,840 U.S. stores. "The growth of this category has been in the general neighborhood of 10%," says Mike Mullinax, national installation manager in the custom home-organization division of Home Depot. Indeed, says Greg Alford, a senior partner with the Peachtree Consulting Group, a market-research firm based in Atlanta, "garage-organization projects are the fastest-growing segment of the home [renovation] industry." The average cost of a Home Depot makeover...
...fastest growth is coming from high-end jobs in the $10,000 range, according to Alford. Jaime Dietenhofer, a co-owner of Garage Envy, says his garage makeovers average about $8,000. Top-of-the-line garages tend to get fitted with doodads and gizmos, including custom-made shelving, enclosed cabinets, work benches and high-tech wall grids made of materials that can support hefty garage paraphernalia like bikes and lawn mowers. Some business owners are growing profits by manufacturing and distributing those products themselves. Often, however, the only way consumers can get those products is by hiring the companies...
...ants with a big bill attached," he says."Companies like to hire a subject-matter expert." Teaching people to be more likable in the workplace--improving their "emotional talent"--is one of Sanders' niches. For each client, he consults by phone for several months, then presents one or more custom-tailored speeches with e-mail follow-up. "I speak with an author's credibility and give specific advice," he says...