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...just for the fairway. At Christian Dior, Galliano?who has never picked up a club in his life?has created a line of offbeat golf clothing and accessories, including a pink-and-yellow Argyle-patterned golf bag (right) and matching knickers. Galliano has stressed that although all the Dior gear is performance quality, it's also meant to be worn on the street...
...also opt to just fly in tandem with a certified instructor. In Switzerland, where I do most of my gliding, expect to pay roughly $450 for three days of training and about $150 for flights thereafter. The prices include the rental of a glider and protective gear as well as instructors' guidance from the ground. To learn more about paragliding, visit the website of the Swiss paragliding association, www.shv-net.ch (in French and German), or its British counterpart at www.bhpa.co.uk. You can also find contact details for certified venues and instructors from the local tourist board in practically any Alpine town...
...current no-access point policy are occasionally taken off the network. Furthermore, Harvard policy already permits the installation of wired routers, which carry exactly the same risks if poorly configured. The remaining two possibilities, that student-run wireless equipment might interfere with the College’s own such gear, and that improperly configured access-points might give non-Harvard affiliates (who happened to be walking down a nearby street with an open laptop) free access to our network, can both be avoided by establishing a relatively straightforward set of conditions that all wireless devices must meet before they...
...they concluded "ambiguities" in the contract's language might expose the U.S. government to legal challenges from losing bidders. Major General Charles Swannack Jr., commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, says that when his troops left Iraq in January, the Iraqis under their command were still waiting for their gear. "It never came on my watch," he says. Testifying before Congress last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz blasted Washington "bureaucracy" for the Iraqis' lack of firepower. "A lot of the equipment problems, frankly, are an embarrassment to the United States of America," he said. Says retired General Barry McCaffrey...
...line of lawn tractors last year, priced from $1,500 to $2,500, selling Deere-brand tractors for the first time outside its dealer network, through the Home Depot. The chain has since sold more than 200,000 units, one of its most successful launches in lawn-and-garden gear. Even these beginner models, like the L130, have feature lists out of an auto showroom: "more leg room," "deluxe-comfort" seat, two-pedal automatic transmission. Jeff Barron, a power-equipment specialist at a Home Depot in McDonough, Ga., says some customers with modest yards want to impress the neighbors with...