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SARAH JESSICA PARKER likens Meredith, her character in this fall's film The Family Stone, to another manicured go-getter with a public relations problem: John Kerry. "Kerry had it in him," the Sex and the City star and outspoken Democrat says, but like Meredith, "he just couldn't get it across the footlights to the people." Instead of red staters, Parker's rigid, pencil-skirt-and-pumps-clad city type is attempting to win over the Stones, her fiancé DERMOT MULRONEY's large "nubby, woolly, pajamas-all-day, college-town" family--played by, among others, CRAIG T. NELSON, DIANE...
...prestigious international olive-oil awards in 2001, 2004 and this year. The company specializes in Italian olives and was recently honored with inclusion in the authoritative book Best Olive Oil Buys Around the World by Judy Ridgway-a critic who is to the world of olives what Robert Parker is to wine. Derived from fairly young plantings, Moutere Grove's oils can exhibit annual variations-grassy one year, lemony the next. Taste for yourself, by ordering from mouteregrove.co.nz...
...Sonata the most reliable car in the U.S. And Hyundai placed a solid third among nonluxury brands in J.D. Power & Associates' 2005 survey of initial-car quality, beating out Honda. Six years ago, Hyundai ranked among the worst in terms of initial defects. The comeback is "astounding," says Chance Parker, executive director at J.D. Power in Westlake Village, Calif...
...Hyundai's market position remains insecure, and the next few months will be challenging. With a host of new models coming out and its U.S. plant just revving up, Hyundai may have a harder time maintaining quality. "They're not out of the woods yet," says J.D. Power's Parker. Dwindling profit margins are another problem. The average Hyundai car retails for 10% to 15% less than a comparable Toyota or Honda in the U.S., but with rising labor costs and a weaker dollar, Hyundai must persuade customers to pay more so that profits keep growing. Last year Hyundai...
...winner’s dock became a wash of Crimson yet again, with Harvard coach Harry Parker claiming his ninth official national title...