Word: offshoot
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...North End: “If you would like me to put you in touch him…maybe he could give you some useful advice and some further inspiration.”I met Mr. and Mrs. Tognetti in their apartment on Tileston Street, a small offshoot of Hanover. The first thing I learned about Mr. Tognetti was that he was “very critical of the North End. I live here and I hate it.” The second thing I learned was that home for the retired Mr. Tognetti was and forever will be Mantova...
They may share a CEO, but J. Crew and its new offshoot, Madewell, are worlds apart. Madewell?more casual, less expensive and a bit more bohemian than J. Crew?was a defunct workwear company when Mickey Drexler bought the name shortly before he joined J. Crew. In 2006, Drexler assembled a team to revive the brand in a new format. Since warming up in markets across the country, Madewell has opened its New York City flagship. The two-story store (below) successfully conveys the brand's spirit with original 1882 moldings, floors and fireplaces, and a brilliant contrast of stark...
...Orleans, Clinton took issue with that impression. In an interview with college journalists to be broadcast March 26 on mtvU, an offshoot of the MTV Network that reaches 750 campuses nationwide, Clinton reminded his questioners that he has his offices in Harlem - in a district his wife carried - and that accusations that his remarks were racially motivated were unfounded. "The minute it became possible that [Obama] could be the nominee, he was going to win the lion's share of the African-American vote," he said. "And I never begrudged it. Contrary to the myth, I went through South Carolina...
...Polygamy was the norm in Carolyn Jessop's life. After all, her own father had three wives by the time she was in fourth grade. Her family was part of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. But Jessop's own experience in the cult was so disturbing that she ran away with her eight children four years ago. Last month, the FLDS was in the news when its leader, Warren Jeffs, was found guilty of being...
...addition, belly dancing's pelvic gyrations strengthen the muscles that are most important for labor and help position the baby for delivery. A colorful--and often scarf-intensive--offshoot of the epidural-free childbirth movement, undulating workouts have been a hot topic on maternity blogs since last year's DVD release of Prenatal Bellydance, which remains among the top-selling fitness and yoga DVDs on Amazon.com...