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...that," says DeMott. Magazines slipped 17.1% (sigh - don't we know it). Products that spruce up your home - kitchen gadgets, lawn and garden items, buckets, bins and bath accessories - were slumping. Sales of air fresheners and deodorizers also dropped. "If you're lucky enough to have a couple of extra dollars, do you really need your bathroom to smell minty fresh?" asks Shea. Both insect repellants and cough and cold remedies were struggling. We'll suffer mosquito bites and sniffles for a few extra bucks. (Read "America's Shrinking Groceries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...trapped in tiny postal packages, many birds will be crushed or suffocated in transportation. Most websites promised to pack extra chicks to account for the inevitable fatalities in the two to three days of transit. Premium sites even offered to insure my cargo against the off-chance that all birds show up dead...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Chicks in the Mail | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...which costs money. Also, paying creates a billing trail, records being kept of the fact that a given customer paid for this material, and a person may prefer that there be no such records. So there are these special reasons why free services have extra benefits. 10. FM: Wouldn’t you think there would be an incentive in conservative places not to leave a trail because if you were to get caught you may be judged really harshly?BGE: I’ve read a couple hypotheses from the bloggers and other folks who read this paper...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions with Benjamin G. Edelman '02 | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...been stopped. Now’s he’s banged up and we’ll see how [the knee] reacts.”O’Connor had to grind for much of the tournament, as an early matchup against Columbia’s Derek Sickles required extra time. After a 4-4 tie in regulation, O’Connor showed his determination with an overtime score.“Those [close bouts] are the kind of things that remind you…if you win by a point or by a pin you go to the next...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trio of Star Grapplers Qualifies for NCAAs | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...lounge visit), standard plus (free access 10 times a year) or prestige (unlimited access). If you'd rather hang onto your hotel points, use cash and save up to 20% off the cost of standard plus ($199, with discount) and prestige ($359, with discount). Right now, you get three extra months of membership, making that 15 full months of thumbing your nose at the poor schlubs wandering around in the terminal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Across the Board, Luxury Travel Is on Sale | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

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