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...punkish surf-skate attitude that appealed mainly to teenage boys--an image the company reinforced by, among other marketing moves, sponsoring the X Games. But in 2001 Weaver took some tentative steps into the girls' market. Customer response was strong, helping pull the chain out of its mild slump. Weaver today attributes much of the past year's success to the purchasing instincts of girls, who, unlike boys, buy not just a single item of clothing but an outfit with a belt, bag, hat, earrings and any other accessories for which they can find space on their body. Weaver...
...bets. The number of West Nile deaths was actually slightly higher last year at this time. That, say CDC officials, probably reflects the fact that more people are being tested and milder cases are being reported. "A quarter to a third of the cases last year were considered mild. This year it's up to half," says Dr. Tony Marfin, a CDC scientist who specializes in West Nile disease...
Stephen J. Ford ’69, the dean’s son, said that the stress of those tumultuous days had a harmful effect on his father, who suffered a mild stroke within a month after the University Hall takeover...
...conflicts--and the biggest hauls--are taking place in California. As enforcement tightens along U.S. borders, especially since 9/11, it is getting harder to transport drugs into America. So Mexican traffickers have turned to creating vast marijuana plantations Stateside, that much closer to their main customers. Thanks to a mild climate, rich soil and a lengthy, March-to-October growing season, California cultivators routinely produce 10-ft.-high specimens worth up to $4,000 each. Some of these California pot farms stretch over several hundred acres and have as many as 50,000 plants. Last year 420,000 pot plants...
...memos. But others suggest that Hadley's hard-line views on Iraq--going back to the first Bush Administration, when he was an arms-control expert under Defense Secretary Dick Cheney--may have influenced which memos he remembered and which he didn't. "He comes across as this mild-mannered, quite decent lawyer who wants everyone to feel like the process has worked fairly," says a former senior staff member. "But there's really only one party whose unhappiness gets him moving, and that's the Pentagon. That's where his sympathies lie." A current Hadley aide responded vigorously...