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...profits and nearly 1 million readers. At the same time, she made herself a figure to reckon with on the Manhattan scene: good-looking, Oxford-educated, a sometime playwright, married to Harold Evans, former editor of the Times of London and now head of Random House (yes, another Newhouse jewel...
...adolescent who stays behind in Rhode Island when his mother and sister move to L.A., narrates the story. The novel unfolds when, some years later, Sam visits them for the first time since their departure from Rhode Island. To him, his manic depressive mother--who likes to call herself "Jewel"--and his rebellious younger sister, Ginny, live in a turbulent household on Sun Dial Street. Their lives are filled with chaos and animosity...
...Chilean pavilion has a 60-ton iceberg in an indoor pond. But it's the well-conceived, meticulously wrought Norwegian pavilion that triumphs in the ice-water category. In fact, Norway's building, a witty, sublime little Constructivist jewel box designed by Oslo architect Pal Henry Engh, is among the best at Expo...
Sabrina, a 1954 Billy Wilder film, is as tightly constructed, funny and engaging as any good romance. What elevates it above this level is its gifted and star-studded cast. Sabrina proves itself just another jewel in William Holden's cap of acting talent. Here he fits perfectly into the role of a spoiled, dashing, rich heir to a plastics corporation. His brother (Humphrey Bogart) is the more interesting sibling, combining a clever wit held back only by a self-punishing impulse to work hard and keep long hours as the chairman of the company. Enter Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter...
...1980s, they have seen growth slowing since 1989. Last year sales grew only 2%, to $376 billion, largely because of the recession. Now profits are being squeezed more than the Charmin as stores struggle to cope with mounting takeover debt. Six of the top 12 supermarkets, including Safeway, Jewel and Lucky, were snapped up in buyouts during the past decade. The survivors face more competition than ever before. It is not uncommon to find three or four national chains -- not to mention a mass merchandiser like K Mart or Wal-Mart -- competing in the same territory. With tougher times ahead...