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...late 1980s to 50% today. The move is controversial. When De Beers announced this venture in 2001, rival retailers stocked with De Beers stones saw it as "the ultimate threat," says Matthew Runci, Jewelers of America CEO. De Beers has promised to refuse its retail spin-off sweetheart deals. Adds Runci: "I've heard people adjusting, as they must." --By Matt Smith
...depending on the town. But it will still cost $80,000 to $130,000 to build. Some folks come for the free land but see those numbers and decide instead to buy an existing home, which typically goes for considerably less. Towns aren't cutting any sweetheart deals for doctors or lawyers or other professionals needed in a thriving community. "One guy told us he wanted to build a bed and breakfast, so we were trying to figure out how to give him a bigger lot," says Steve Piper, mayor of Marquette and owner of its only grocery store. "After...
MARRIED. Doug Flutie, 22, diminutive (5 ft. 9 in.), highly paid ($1.38 million a year) quarterback of the New Jersey Generals; and Laurie Fortier, 22, his sweetheart since the tenth grade; both for the first time; in Natick, Mass...
...marriages," remarks a close friend. "They have suffered, they have been hurt, and they have come through their personal torment, needing each other today with a degree of happiness that is freer and better than anything they had before." Wanda is at once mother, sister, friend, wife, adviser and sweetheart, guarding her husband against any real or perceived lèse majesté. "In the end," notes another family friend, "she believes faithfully and passionately that his genius is to play the piano like no one else around...
There are plenty of singing groups for the elderly. Most of them croon standards such as Down by the Old Mill Stream and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. But Young@Heart is a different cut altogether. This silver-haired troupe, ranging in age from 73 to 91 (average age: 80), plays to far younger audiences (think 18 to 50) that want to hear songs they love or grew up with--and see them performed. These performers are about a lot more than singing. They take music and put it together with dramatic costumes, scenery and dance movements, and are accompanied...