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...can’t believe you have an Ivy League degree.” This is just one drop in a veritable ocean of hate mail received by the founders of Hard Guy Tees, a line of t-shirts inspired by Dartmouth frat life and launched this summer by two Dartmouth alums. The shirts, which feature slogans such as “Hard Guy Gambling: Five bullets, six chambers” and “Hard Guy Dating: Having a girlfriend and not even liking her,” have drawn a steady stream of criticism. Robert J. Zangrilli...
...Keep Your Red Wine Good to the Last Drop If you aren't going to finish that bottle, here are some ways to keep it fresh. Simply popping the cork back in and refrigerating will work for one day. For up to three days, try VACUVIN ($15), which uses a stopper and a small plastic hand pump to create a partial vacuum inside the bottle. RESERVE ($190) introduces a layer of inert gas over the wine, keeping air out and wine drinkable for six days. The PEK WINE STEWARD ($219), right, uses inert gas and temperature control to keep wine...
Scenery isn't the only concern. Noise and light pollution often enliven the debate. Kelly Alexander, who lives about 500 yds. from two turbines in northern Michigan, watched his property value drop from $102,000 in 1999 to $96,000 in 2002. The tax assessor's form attributed the markdown to "noise from two wind generating systems." Alexander says when the rotors catch the sun at particular angles, a flickering light permeates his house. Indeed, it isn't easy to sell a house that sits near a turbine. Julie and Bart Thiry of Kewaunee County, Wis., who live...
Fixing the technical problems is just half the battle: Mercedes now has to win back customer loyalty. That's not so quickly fixed as a mechanical problem. In the first eight months of this year, the firm sold 52,000 fewer E-Class cars worldwide than last year, a drop of 28%. Sales of its other best-selling model, the C-Class, were also down. The financial outlook is dreadful: even without counting $1.3 billion in losses at its Smart small-car subsidiary, Mercedes managed only a tiny operating profit for the first half of the year after a loss...
LAUREN BACALL, 81 Once Bogie's partner on- and offscreen, she continues her prizewinning acting. "I intend to keep working until I drop...