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...customers, like Brentlinger, don't live anywhere near a large body of water. But that has not diminished the appeal of PacSun's surfwear. Thanks to MTV and movies like Blue Crush, kids from Alaska to Alabama are eager to look as if they spend the day with sand between their toes. In addition to its private label, PacSun stocks brands like Billabong, Quiksilver and Hurley, lines that pro surfers and skaters wear. Even though teens can get some of these brands at mass merchandisers such as Wal-Mart and Target, "they think shopping at PacSun is cooler," says Jennifer...
...murder of as many as 30,000 people during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 - could be prosecuted as a result. With President Nestor Kirchner in favor of sweeping away the protection, only the Supreme Court could stand in the way of future convictions. Safe and Sand MALI Fourteen hostages were freed after being held for up to six months in the Sahara desert by Muslim extremists. The nine Germans, four Swiss, and one Dutch national were captured in southern Algeria by the radical Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda. The German...
...most dramatic moments in three revolutionary artists’ lives. The second piece in Hershey Felder’s “imagination in music,” Romantique transports the audience to a momentous summer evening in a country house outside of Paris where Delacroix, Chopin and George Sand have gathered. Set in 1846, the play is a brilliant fusion of Sand’s revelatory writings, Delacroix’s poignant art and Chopin’s masterful music. Runs Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 17. Tickets $45; $35 for students, senior citizens and subscribers, available...
...their defense, U.S. officials say they are much harsher with the oil-rich royal family in private than they would ever be in public. And they add that Riyadh is finally beginning, after years of denial, to realize that it must pull its head out of the sand and actively join the war on terrorism. The May 12 bombings of two Western enclaves in Riyadh have moved the Saudi government to take the threat seriously. "Things were progressing on the counterterrorism front with the Saudis before May 12," said the former Bush aide, "and things have continued to get better...
...everybody puts in their little grain of sand, then yes, it can be accomplished,” he said through a translator...