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...family had grown attached to their ethnic community in the Bay Area and thought of Reno as a dust-choked gambling town. They have since changed their minds. Weeks ago the Saads moved into a large home with a garden and pool--a far cry from the modest town house they had planned to buy in San Francisco--and are even meeting other Bangladeshis. The excitement of a town on the move is infectious. "Something," says Saad, "is happening here...
THEORY NO. 1 Bad programs. Bad, at least, if you want to attract young men. Testosterone-friendly shows from last season like Fox's Firefly and the WB's Birds of Prey are gone, and most of the shows that have had modest success this year (such as The O.C. and Joan of Arcadia) skew toward women. That leaves a big opening for cable. Channels like FX and ESPN are up in young male viewers. (See page...
...have no idea why they chose me,” Fox said several times. “I felt like the candidates had unbelievable accomplishments and admirable aspirations. Mine were modest compared to theirs...
...twins and their aura, concluding that, “Unlike the Bush daughters or the Hilton sisters, who always look as if they were about to pop out of a bachelor-party cake, M-K and Ash, as they’re known in the hood, are modest, demure, able to walk without weaving.” The very fact that Vanity Fair interviewed the twins in the first place is telling of the indelible mark they have made on American culture...
...little lighter? A 2001 study by the California Energy Commission showed that observing Daylight Saving Time year round would cut winter electricity use at peak times by 3.4 percent—a really impressive statistic because it is limited by fixed electricity uses such as running household appliances. The modest amounts of energy conserved by setting clocks forward add up in the long...