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...attorneys general from 26 other states to write to Anheuser-Busch complaining about a particular alcoholic energy drink called Spykes. That drink, which was sold in such risibly juvenile flavors as Hot Mango, Spicy Melons and Hot Chocolate, was clearly aimed at girls. (The small Spykes bottle could fit easily into a pocketbook.) Anheuser-Busch responded by removing Spykes from the market - although the industry says alcoholic energy drinks are not intended for those under 21 and that any marketing designed to appeal to legal drinkers in their early 20s has to look youthful...
...know, Harrison Ford is 65, but you know that the camera and the audience are kinder to aging male stars than females.) But their characters are youngish, at least in their minds. Like a lot of us, they refuse to grow up or old; they need to stay fit and sexy, to sustain a satiny, early-20s robustness straight into senility. And whether Carrie and her friends are heroic or delusional, they aren't the only ones. Last night The Daily Show played a news clip of a talking head discussing John McCain's medical records and, noting that...
...note to the democratic party: you have already alienated many women voters by crowning a man instead of a woman. Please do not compound that problem - and alienate senior citizens too - by implying that because of his age and presumed physical and mental diminution, John McCain is not fit to run. Nelson Marans, Silver Spring, Maryland...
...hired--or even get you fired. "Legally, an employer has every right in most cases to regulate how a worker looks," says attorney James McDonald, senior partner at employment law firm Fisher & Phillips. Clothes can also hamstring careers. Barbara Pachter, a top business-etiquette coach, boils it down to fit (avoid too-short skirts or too-tight anything), accessories (particularly footwear), color (when in doubt, go with darks) and style (when in doubt, dress like the boss). The No. 1 mistake: looking too sexy. "Cleavage," she says, "is not a corporate look." Neither are toes...
...note to the democratic party: you have already alienated many women voters by crowning a man instead of a woman. Please do not compound that problem--and alienate senior citizens too--by implying that because of his age and presumed physical and mental diminution, John McCain is not fit to run. Nelson Marans, SILVER SPRING...