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...When Nitze, who is a Crimson Editor, bought a new car, he naturally needed a spot. At the parking office, explains Nitze, an employee casually asked, "Do you mind telling me what kind of car you have?" Nitze name-dropped the name of a high-end luxury vehicle. "With a car like that," the employee responded, "you should get any spot you want." When Nitze inquired about the lottery, he was told, "Don't listen to them, listen to me," and presented with a choice between Peabody Terrace and DeWolfe. Without entering the lottery...
...trouble with such high-end spas is that Eve might have a better chance of getting back into Eden than you do of getting an appointment for next week. There's a two-month wait for a signature rubdown at Houston's tony Brea spa. Eliza Petrescu, Avon's eyebrow-waxing czarina, whose customers include celebrities like Natasha Richardson, says her next open 10-min. appointment is not until March 2000. Ann Marie Gardner, beauty director and spa reviewer for the fashionista bible W, gripes, "I had my whole office calling. We couldn't get in anywhere on three days...
...Fungaroli, who attended George Mason University in Virginia, said that while she was pleased with her education, in the end she learned she needed the cache of a high-end degree...
When Eliasch took over Head, which makes racquets, skis and diving equipment, the Austrians feared he would shut the factories there. Instead, he automated production, invested in engineering and simplified product lines, concentrating on high-end gear. "It costs roughly the same to manufacture expensive and cheap products," says Eliasch. Executive decision: expensive is better. This year Head should post sales of $410 million and operating earnings of about $45 million...
...which I was using to "test" the latest DVD-movie releases. I reasoned I could get another set of "multimedia speakers"--with built-in amplifiers, these are made just for a computer--or I could go wild and try Yamaha's new "personal receiver" (RP-U100), a $499 high-end amplifier and tuner that plugs into your PC. The beauty of being me is that I got to go wild...