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...There's no question that there's a growing interest in this type of travel," says David Iverson, who runs A Cook's Tour, a Seattle-based agency specializing in culinary trips. He launched his business with a single trip for eight people to Italy in 2001. This year the company will offer more than 30 international excursions for 400--including four to Oaxaca, where travelers spend a week cooking at Casa Oaxaca restaurant. "It's a new way to travel," he explains. "For the person who is on their 10th trip to Mexico, they're going to see another...
WANTED: POLO SHIRTS, SIZE XXL Big-and-tall stores should brace themselves for some wealthy new customers with an urgent need for sport coats. When the NBA's new dress code goes into effect Nov. 1, Philadelphia 76ers guard ALLEN IVERSON is one player who will have to retire his throwback jerseys, do-rags and chunky gold chains to comply with the new "business casual" rule for games and league events. To tackle a perception problem, NBA commissioner David Stern has banned all headgear, shorts, T shirts and necklaces visible outside clothing. "Everybody has their own style," says Iverson. "That...
...fascinating: “The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948.” Each of these three men indelibly shaped American politics, and now Morrow ties their lives together in one book. Think Superman and Batman together in the Justice League, or Allen Iverson and LeBron James as teammates on the Olympic team...
Ever since Jordan's first retirement a dozen years ago, the NBA has searched from Chi-town to China for a star as dominant and marketable as His Airness. The contenders have bounced off magazine covers and TV commercials: Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant. Some got hurt, others committed off-court fouls. Or they were simply overrated...
...with a ruthless instinct to win, a trait that Hill, a gentleman, and Carter, a diffident performer, surely lack. And like Jordan, James knows he can't do it alone. In fact, he is a complete team player who loves to pass the ball and make his teammates better: Iverson and Bryant can't claim much there. Despite securing a $90 million contract from Nike before his high school graduation, James has retained some Midwestern humility (Iverson and Bryant, take heed...