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...teddy-bearization, with eulogists praising him as "calm" and "gentle." That wasn't even true of his TV persona--he laced his humor with sarcasm and sexual danger, and he batted Ed McMahon about like a piata. In private Carson was standoffish and in his marriages admittedly no saint. His jokes about his serial monogamy endeared him to viewers, but you don't rack up three divorces by being a harmless sweetie...
...which has finally hit Europe. But price isn't the only weapon. When European shoppers aren't taking the low road, buying $7 blue jeans at Tesco or slippers and bratwurst at Lidl, they're traveling the high road: splurging on organic honey at Britain's Waitrose or Yves Saint Laurent blouses at France's Printemps, stores that have demonstrated an uncanny ability to identify and cater to the nuanced needs of high-end consumers. All of which squeezes out the middle. "There are bipolar developments," says Johanna Waterous, a McKinsey & Co. director, who leads the retail practice...
...studying for finals by calculating how many points of ERA Shea Stadium will save Pedro Martinez or how many days Randy Johnson will spend on the DL in ‘05, crack open a beer for Curt Flood, the patron saint of free agents. If he hadn’t courageously challenged the reserve clause in his contract in 1970, players might still be restricted to spending their entire career with one team...
...correctness. The article’s anecdotes were pretty ridiculous. Included were instances where students were reprimanded for wishing friends a “Merry Christmas.” Valentine’s Day is being nixed from many school calendars as the religious overtones of “Saint Valentine” are too strong. Even Halloween is being replaced with less controversial, contrived substitutes. No more secret love notes. No more costumes. No more Christmas. No more...
McKenna said she plans to continue her research projects at Harvard. She is translating a seven-volume work of Welsh court poetry, which she was instrumental in assembling in 1994, and studying Saint Brigit, one of the patron saints of Ireland whose historicity remains a topic of debate...