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...Federation has to script this kind of bad-mouthing. On the women's tour, it's as common as a backhand down the line. Part of the fun of women's tennis, besides the fact that players are better than ever before, is the fact that it's a soap opera in which everyone gets to play Alexis Carrington...
These parents got fed up in different ways, but what they have in common is a willingness to sacrifice--money, career opportunities, watching soap operas--for their children's education. Sometimes these sacrifices are small, like giving up a dining room to make a classroom. But consider the Carnells of Columbia, Md., who started home schooling Erin, 6, because a shoulder injury required occupational therapy that would have interfered with school hours. The Carnells decided to keep teaching her at home because they feel they can do a better job than local schools. To teach her math and science...
...easy enough to recognize a classic Riedel wineglass: pure and elegant lines, soap-bubble delicacy, flawless clarity, perfect balance in the hand. What's not so easy, for the uninitiated, is to identify the dozens of shapes and sizes that have made Riedel glasses the uncontested favorite of winemakers and wine lovers around the world. Riedel's Sommelier collection, for instance, includes 33 different lead-crystal glasses, each one designed for a specific type of wine or grape variety...
Before J.F.K. ran for President, in 1960, Joe was quoted as saying "We'll sell Jack like soap flakes." But the Kennedy brand was meant to carry a touch of class. Crucial to the making of the myth and to its perpetuation was the careful selection of what the historian Garry Wills has sardonically called "Honorary Kennedys." The Kennedys had looks and wealth; the Honoraries provided class and an intellectual reputation that set the Kennedys apart from other American dynasties like the Fords or the Rockefellers. To the set of house intellectuals provided by Joe, Jack added many journalists...
...Valerie, this shop's owner, has realized a dream of providing dolls of color for the collector or novice. Porcelain dolls, spoon dolls, painted faces on frying pans; soap holders with brown faces and an expanding line of doll handicrafts line the walls of this gutsy store. With the sturdy Bag Lady, stash excess shopping bags in style...