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...Friday afternoon was moderate and not near the crushing crowds seen at major retailers around the country. At Urban Outfitters on Brattle Square, where limited discounts were offered, bundled up hipsters and their compliant parents turned out in sufficient force for the store to meet its sales goal, a slight increase over last year’s figures, according to store merchandiser Michael Graney. Smaller boutiques opted for a creative approach to entice customers. Concepts, a sneaker boutique, began selling a shoe exclusive to its store, drawing a large crowd when doors opened Friday morning, said Tarek Hassan, the owner...
...Maldives with his two small daughters and maid when the tsunami struck. The swells came up to Li's chin (he stands just under 5 ft. 7 in., or 1.7 m), but the group was able to struggle the short distance back to their hotel unmolested save for a slight injury to the star's foot. This was clearly a frightening experience, and the poor Li girls are scared of the sea still, but it is by no means among the first rank of tsunami survival stories. Rather than bringing on an epiphany, this relatively clement brush with death simply...
...Crimson holds a slight offensive advantage over the Quakers, surpassing both the opposing team and the rest of the league in both total goals scored (34) and goals per game (2.27). The margin between the two teams is close, however, with Penn registering a close second place standing (31 goals scored and 1.94 per game...
...court on Tuesday, while some 3000 police deployed to keep order looked on. While awaiting the judges' decision overnight, Chen claimed that a policeman hit him, which police deny. After he was taken to the hospital for two hours to check his wound, he was found to have a slight muscle injury in his right arm. Chen is now at the Taipei Detention Center...
...American culture, stand back from comic books, although we'd read them all our lives. I can't imagine that we could have done Watchmen if we hadn't had that detachment. You know? Love for the subject matter, love for the culture, but a detachment. And perhaps a slight British cynicism? Impressed, but not impressed...