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...association, double the growth rate of the broader mower segment. Zero-turn models, which facilitate cutting around trees and flower beds, have proved especially popular, and dealers report brisk sales of $3,000-plus premium models. That's good news for retailers and manufacturers, given that profit margins on pricier models tend to be higher than on budget versions. Those trends helped prompt Kubota, a Japanese brand, to launch its first gas-engine residential mower this season with zero-turn steering. Starting price...
...tall zombie monster mom (a puppet), then fought his way out again. Only Heavenly Creatures, a rapturous, true-life study of teen obsession, generated a lot of critical heat outside the video-cult niche, but it still was no hit. What these films, along with the slightly pricier Frighteners, displayed was Jackson's gift for spinning far-out tales that, for all the blood on the walls, displayed a buff-savant's love of film's tricks and boundless possibilities...
...Palanpuris are starting to eye even bigger game. Long known for churning out lower-quality diamonds, Surat's workshops are now moving into larger, pricier stones. It's an irresistibly lucrative market, with the costliest 10% of stones accounting for half of the value of all the world's diamonds. These top-quality stones are still mostly cut in Antwerp, New York and Tel Aviv, where many of Surat's companies have set up branches in which Indian diamond cutters are absorbing skills from local experts. Arjav Mehta, whose family owns Blue Star, says his company has hired 15 master...
...kind of tear apart the fragrance oils and make them go flat or not smell so good after a while," he says. This may explain why mass-market products such as Procter & Gamble's Joy, even in its new Green Tea essence variety, lack the olfactory punch of the pricier items...
...with the crowded and tired facilities and classes of the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) and House gyms, several students have chosen to forgo their free memberships to Harvard fitness centers in favor of a pricier workout at private gyms, such as the Wellbridge Athletic Club near the Charles Hotel...