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...order to redeem the discounts—which range from free hot fudge on ice cream orders at Herrell’s to $5 value meals on select days at Qdoba—students must present the new Crimson-colored cards when making their purchases...
General David Petraeus' success, however tentative, in turning down the boiling violence in Iraq is winning praise from Washington politicians. But it's his recent trip back to the capital to help select the next crop of the Army's one-star generals that's generating Hooahs! up and down the ranks and may make an even more lasting contribution to U.S. military affairs. Army Secretary Pete Geren, noticing that Petraeus was due to return to the U.S. for a family gathering, decided to saddle the general with an additional task: help groom the service's future leadership...
...lower level of her rue St.-Honoré boutique in Paris, her affinity for nature has come fully to light. The vision of Fontaine and renowned interior designer Andrée Putman, the spa emerges from a waterfall connecting the space's two levels. Once inside, spa-goers may select indulgent treatments like Amazonian Baptism or Bath of the Goddess, which use Fontaine's Cosmetique Bio skin-care line. A New York City location is due this spring...
Love that kind of publicity. Because no matter how much people say they want to save the planet, analysts of consumer behavior say there are three bigger motivations when people select products: price, brand recognition and fashionability. Shaklee does well on the first: it says an $11.95 16-oz. (473 ml) bottle of the H2 cleaner, when diluted according to the directions for cleaning windows, makes up the equivalent of 5,824 bottles of 26-oz. (769 ml) Windex...
Last week, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the influential patriarch of the Maronite church, composed a list at France's behest of potential names from which the rival parliamentary blocs could select a President. The list allegedly includes candidates favored by both factions as well as some independent names. So far no potential consensus candidate has emerged as both camps continue to press for their own choices for the presidency...