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...close to 140 years since Weir & Sons began trading jewelry on Grafton Street, a hot spot for Dublin shoppers. The business has weathered the years well. "We've seen ups and downs, wars and rebellions," says Neville McDowell, jewelry buyer for the family-run company. The latest downturn will test it again. After a "phenomenal" decade, McDowell says, a squeeze on spending means sales this year are expected to dip by 10%. Even for a hardy company, says McDowell, "business is tough...
...Known for its artistic flair, Adams responded with dresses and lipstick, and Drag Night has remained a “tradition of celebration” ever since, much to the delight and bewilderment of its residents. Audience members consisted of rowdy vets eager to see friends test their balance on stilettos and newbie sophomores who wanted to satisfy their curiosity. Alethia Williams ’11 says, “There were so many random requests for strange clothes that I just had to see this in reality.” Calls for size-16 open-toed sandals and stilts...
...study suggests that screening all patients for CRP (a $10 test) as well as for cholesterol and blood pressure would not be unwise, or perhaps the test should be used for patients with indeterminate heart-disease risk, who may derive benefit from taking a statin. Longer-term trials are still needed, however, to show whether the benefits of statins outweigh their potential side effects - the drugs are relatively benign, but they are known in rare cases to cause debilitating side effects such as muscle weakness (which forced Bayer to pull its version off the market in 2001). There...
Whoever gets the spot, Obama's new Ed chief should expect to face a huge test right off in the contentious reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind act, considered to be one of the first priorities in Congress come January. Down the road, he or she can also plan to direct the founding of hundreds of new charter schools and the spread of universal pre-K nationwide, as well as a continued focus on increased accountability and a better trained teacher corps...
...Those will come tomorrow, when H&M security is put to the test by the thousands of customers expected to arrive before the store opens at 11AM. When the world's third-largest apparel retailer debuted its Japan flagship two months ago in Ginza, Tokyo's own Fifth Avenue, some 3000 shoppers lined up for first dibs on the brand's affordable fashion, amidst falling luxury sales on the same street. As Japan's recessionary economy and the appreciation of the yen left other businesses in Japan to watch purse strings tighten and household consumption drop, people continued to wait...