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...past will probably continue to suffer, high-end stores like Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom's will most likely have relatively strong sales. "They have a moneyed customer and things happening in the world won't affect their lifestyle as much," says Michael Appel, managing director of Quest Turnaround Advisors. "Well-managed retailers who already have momentum will continue to see that." At the same time discount chains like Costco and Sam's Club will also benefit...
...need not expound upon the wonders of international experience for a student’s personal development. It widens perspective, displaces bigotry, and uproots hypocrisy. It is a noble endeavor in the ongoing quest for human understanding and we, the educated, pride ourselves upon it. However, for all the gallantry of our aspirations, it is important to consider not just the benefits, but also the conflicts that such efforts may bring. Beneath the cloak of academic humility lies a specter of cultural imperialism—one that is often difficult to reconcile with the goal of cultural exchange...
...fans after besting ugly stepsister and bitter rival Yale 37-6 for the Ivy League championship. It could have been the perfect career-ending moment. But it wasn’t, because Pizzotti will be back again next year for his fifth season and to lead Harvard in another quest for the Ivy crown. “It was something I was planning on since the accident my sophomore year,” Pizzotti said. “In the past couple of weeks, I thought pretty hard about it and realized I wasn’t really ready...
...barcode; the cashier wasn’t able to sell it to me despite her declaration that not owning it “was a shame, because that’s one good book to have.” I took her words to heart and began my quest to understand an essential literary text. My mother was slightly confused by my desire to delve into the goyim’s good book, but I explained that I wanted to know more about a book which meant so much to so many people. She accepted that response until we received...
...blessed with incredible hearing verging on telepathy—and also cursed with incredible tax debt. Mysterious and powerful nuns enlist his help in guarding twelve particularly gifted children in exchange for international immunity. After one of them, the eponymous KlaraMaria, is kidnapped, Kasper sets out on a quest to find her, which involves a lot of driving around at night in Copenhagen and a lot of brandy. Confused yet? There’s more. A general corporate conspiracy involving an earthquake, a dying father, monks, and a geologist ex-girlfriend also parade through the novel.Though...