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...Clouds Hill in Wareham, 14 km east of Dorchester, is now under the care of the National Trust (tel: [44-1929] 405616; www.nationaltrust.org.uk). The rooms are much as he left them before his sudden death, including his gramophone and re-created record collection. The charity is working to restock the library with his original books, too. And if you see a ghostly apparition dressed in Arab robes, legend has it that it's the swashbuckler himself...
With victory in hand, it's time for Bush to restock his Cabinet. Colin Powell and John Ashcroft will probably depart; Condoleezza Rice may get a new post...
Most customers for the prefab meals are women. A few men show up, some with their wives as a date night. Then there are the people making meals for their elderly parents or college students looking to restock their refrigerators. Taste and convenience are the main draws. Says Laurie Stoltenberg, 40, of suburban Minneapolis, a mother of three with her own jewelry-bead business and a monthly customer of Let's Dish: "I like the idea that I'm putting a meal on the table that looks like I'm cooking from scratch--which I did, only not that night...
...later, we’ll have to be drunk, even if it involves a little cheating. We use Crimson Cash to buy mixers and snacks at C’est Bon and return to our room to whip up a few cocktails. When we run out of mixers, we restock from the vending machines. By the time these are gone, we’re more than in the mood for a few slices from Noch?...
...uses. Today 103 companies are members, including consumer giants like Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft Foods and Unilever. Ashton estimates that U.S. retail giants alone lose up to $70 billion a year in potential revenue because of their labyrinthine backroom networks. Half of that loss results from failure to restock popular items. The rest comes from lost or stolen items (shrinkage, in the parlance), particularly stuff like Gillette's Mach 3 razor blades and Duracell batteries--possibly the two most frequently stolen items in the world. (If you doubt it, look at all the Mach 3 blades selling on eBay...