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Boston's used clothes industry, however, proves otherwise: there are gems to be found in this forgotten heap of hand-me-downs. "There is a stigma in American culture attached to buying used clothing, and customers are shocked that they find things they really like," says Kristie Russell of Strutter...
Once a candidate surpasses the quota of votesneeded to be elected--a figure derived bymathematical formula and based on the numbers ofcandidates and votes cast--that candidate's excessvotes are transferred to the second choices listedon randomly selected ballots. The votes ofcandidates at the bottom of the heap aretransferred in much the same...
...quota of votes needed to be elected--a figure derived by mathematical formula and based on the numbers of candidates and votes cast--that candidate's excess votes are transferred to the second choices listed on randomly selected ballots. The votes of candidates at the bottom of the heap are transferred in much the same...
...biggest problem with her "share and care" thing is that she likes to borrow everyone else's clothes, especially mine. I was bothered when she borrowed my best sweater and left it in a heap on the common room floor, but now she's started borrowing my underwear too. I think that's disgusting and I've asked her nicely to stop, but she continues to do it. What should I do? Annoyed and frustrated Dear Annoyed...
Several years after his close-call survival of the hotel fire, Redstone could be heard occasionally brooding over the meaning of a career that had left him atop a heap of movie theaters. But with one of the world's largest media companies within his reach, Redstone seems to have banished his existential anxieties. The fire, he says, only scarred him physically. "I never felt bad," he explains. "I've had no nightmares. I think of it only at happy moments, like when I'm hitting the tennis ball...