Word: pocketable
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...sweatshirts and jeans sported on other college campuses makes me wonder: are Harvard guys an anomaly, distinct from the everyday college male elsewhere? Don’t get me wrong. I love the occasional tweed jacket and corduroy pant, and bowties tickle my fancy. But suspenders and pocket squares, horn-rimmed glasses and woven belts—surely classifiable as the “sundry haberdashery” that a 1926 article refers to—seem a bit too dapper and impractical for everyday wear. That is not to say that Harvard students are all about form over function...
...ever happen. I'm not doing any movies, and I'm not going to find a movie that's going to be nominated for any awards. So, my dear friends, I sit around in Vegas, with a beautiful car, a beautiful wife, a lot of dough in my pocket, and that's my revenge...
Consumers also can help save the seas--through the fish they buy. To that end, California's Monterey Bay Aquarium, along with the Blue Ocean Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund, is coming out with pocket guides to sustainable sushi. The groups base their ratings on the health of a wild fish's population (the popular bluefin tuna is restricted), along with the impacts of fish-farming operations. (Fast-growing oysters can be farmed sustainably, but salmon can't.) They also take into account fishing practices: catching bigeye tuna with thousand-hooked longlines can result in the unintended death...
Indeed, some 25 million Americans were underinsured last year, meaning they spent at least 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses, according to a recent study by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. Still, for most folks, having even limited coverage is better than no health insurance at all. "More than 70% of the people signing up for our [individual] policies were previously uninsured," says Mary Floyd, vice president for individual and senior sales at WellPoint...
...women, protection from make-up smudge during a cat nap). The design blocks out every stray photon of light, and the silky head-strap won't give you any rude awakenings or crude indentations. If you want to spice things up, try the Dream Essence mask, which has a pocket that comes with a sachet filled with lavender and chamomile; it almost made me topple like Dorothy in a field of poppies. After a while I wasn't down with the smell, but you can take the sachet out or add your own. Price: $21.95 for Dreamer; $24.95 for Dream...