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...fuel tank is nearing empty, and so is your refrigerator at home. For Americans ravenous of appetite but starved of time (and in need of an oil change), a quick turn into the Chevron station off Interstate 680 in San Ramon, Calif., is the answer. That's right, Chevron, purveyor of premium gasoline, is serving fresh panini, three-cheese pesto and double espressos along with its usual selection of octanes...
Christy's--purveyor of cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and caffeinated study aids for the Harvard community--will soon become 7-Eleven, Richard V. Scali, executive officer of the Cambridge License Commission, confirmed yesterday...
...first floated the prospect that Clinton?s defense would explore Jones? sexual history. He came under fire from women?s groups, and reversed course several days later, declaring he was "no fool." This time, Bennett may simply have gotten cold feet. But it's more likely that this astute purveyor of White House spin was sending a clear message to the media: We've got dirt too, and we're not afraid to use it. As with Bennett's revelation that Kathleen Willey was seeking a book deal, reporters read him loud and clear. No fool, indeed...
...then there is no Beene world for sale. In the four decades he has designed womenswear, Beene, who will receive a lifetime-achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America next week, has refrained from becoming a purveyor of life-style. He doesn't sell gimmicks or trends or, remarkably, given fashion's celebrity culture, himself. Each of his meticulously cut dresses, gowns and jackets stands as part of a technical, ongoing treatise on line, fabric, demure sensuality. Notes former Vogue editor Grace Mirabella: "He is the finest and purest designer we have...
...story itself is more prurient than newsworthy, but the issues it elicits transcend the particular details of the Lee household. This newest twist on sex, lies and videotapes highlights the questionable role of the Internet as a purveyor of information...