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...blogs are devoted to predictable topics such as people's pets (at dogblog.textamerica.com) where you get what you would expect. Other sites are a bit more interactive. At thehunts.textamerica.com phone-cam bloggers are challenged to photograph a series of items; a recent list included a belly-button ring, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a Matrix Reloaded poster. The first person to submit pictures of everything on the list wins the game. (Sorry, the only prize is the glory of being first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snap and Serve | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

Banks and other financial-service firms complain that credit unions hold an unfair edge. "We welcome competition, but we can't compete with the bigger credit unions that don't pay taxes," says Harley Bergmeyer, 61, chairman of Saline State Bank in Wilber, Neb., a rural institution with $81 million in assets. Banks have periodically filed lawsuits to prevent credit unions from expanding, to little avail, and have tried to stymie the loosening of federal restrictions on membership rules (also with scant success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: Big Little Lenders | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...their small town, Pickens, S.C., his romance with Cathy, a divorce locals dubbed "the walking lady" for her outdoor exercise regimen, which was carried out in revealing workout attire, became a source of gossip. Dow watched her father's lifestyle do a backflip. He bought a Harley, got a new hairstyle and began traveling every weekend, a far cry from the frugal annual vacations he had shared with Dow's mother. "When my father remarried, I saw him express all these emotions to another woman. I felt like he was cheating on my mother," Dow says. She now accepts Cathy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mom's in Love Again | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

Capolino says Harley introduced three valuable principles to his business. First, you don't have to give away your product to promote it. If even celebrities have to pay, the jerseys have more allure. Second, forget about fall and spring collections. Stagger new releases to keep customers wanting the hottest new model. Finally, know your colors. M&N quadrupled production of popular shades like powder blue (Lance Alworth, San Diego Chargers, 1963; Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves, 1975) and lime green (Pete Maravich, Atlanta Hawks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rag Trade: How Old Jerseys Got Hot | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

Despite his newfound stardom, courtesy of a spot in a popular rap video and a weekly gig on a Philadelphia sports talk-radio program, success hasn't swelled Harley's head. After watching a recent Sixers game from his second-row seat, Harley left the arena and pulled away in his company car, a $50,000 Cadillac Escalade. But he stopped when he recognized a policeman who once worked in West Philly. "Hey, you got a slice of cake for me?" the cop asked. "Just remember those old days." Harley laughed. How could he forget? These days the old days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rag Trade: How Old Jerseys Got Hot | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

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