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...culture. Yet in reviewing Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House, she was surprised by the strong reactions the book provokes, which range from worshipful to wary. "The book's strength is basically how sane it is," says Vowell, who adds, however, that reading the 884-page manual had her "completely, overly aware of the state of my bathroom." Vowell comes to a commonsensical compromise: "I like sad stories and tough topics, but I want my living quarters to show some sense of joy." Vowell's own book, Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World, will...
...love a city whose stadium controversy is about whether to keep the ballpark that opened in 1912 or to build a brand-new one that, according to the team website, would be "taking all the great things with us. The Green Monster. Pesky's Pole. The manual scoreboard." To travel to Camden Yards in Baltimore is to understand the profound influence that the park in the Boston Fens has had on baseball as a whole...
...mothers to bring their babies to her. I'll take it from there, she promised. Nobody has taken up her offer yet, but still she waits. "It's a strange feeling when you lay your head on the pillow at night," she says. "Kind of spooky." With only a manual typewriter and a fax machine, she turned her Baskets for Babies program into a public-awareness campaign for young moms who think they have nowhere to turn. Now when night falls on Pittsburgh, 608 families leave their porch lights on and have their baskets ready...
...Energy Source Machinery that runs the house will be powered in part by the homeowner's manual exercise. Pedal away, and watch the dishwasher and lawn mower...
...point, Abercrombie & Fitch is a blockbuster. Its sales have jumped from $165 million in 1994 to an estimated $1.06 billion in 1999. Profits should reach an estimated $148.5 million. The company has expanded from 36 stores in 1992 to 230 this year. Its quarterly "magalog" has become a youth manual. In schools across America, Abercrombie is shorthand for popular. "They've shot out from nowhere to become part of teen culture," says Michael Woods, vice president of Teenage Research Unlimited. Last year kids ranked A&F as the sixth coolest brand--up from 11th, and passing Levi's and Nintendo...