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...Kane County Cougars general manager Jeff Sedivy. "And Mom is marketed to, day in, day out." The average ticket price is just $6, compared with $19 for the majors. Throw in food, souvenirs and parking, and an evening for a family of four still averages $50 for the minors, vs. $140 for the majors. The friendly, open layout of minor-league parks is another plus. Kids can wander freely. (Do you know any 8-year-olds who can sit still for nine innings?) Clever owners provide kids with plenty of options: face painting, amusement-park rides, pitching cages where they...
...price of the chain of 135 "supernatural" stores, based in Austin, Texas, has risen 125% over the past two years and more than 750% since the chain went public in 1992. Analysts marvel that Whole Foods' mature stores (those open more than five years) average 6% annual revenue growth, vs. 1.5% for the typical chain. Annual sales per square foot--a key measure of a retailer's health--are about $650 at Whole Foods, compared with about $450 at many conventional supermarkets. Says analyst Andrew Wolf of BB&T Capital Markets: "They've become a power retailer like a Home...
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...likely to suffer heart attacks and blood clots in the lungs and legs, but they also had a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer. That was just enough to tip the scale. Though the women on HRT suffered fewer hip fractures (1 woman per 1,000 per year vs. 1 1/2 women per 1,000 per year), the benefit wasn't great enough to warrant the risk. Because the trial was designed to look at women who were already healthy, the safety bar was set fairly high. Given the criteria that the monitoring board had developed before...
...dams and the varied industries, are at the center of a great battle: whose land indeed? In Washington State, two geographic consciousnesses have emerged--development vs. environment. West of the Cascades, a largely urban population evaluates industry by its environmental impact. East of the Cascades, a mostly rural population judges environmental initiatives by their impact on jobs. Guthrie's public-power Democrats--liberals of long ago--created a status quo of irrigation and hydropower that today's conservative east-of-the-Cascades is desperately trying to maintain. Deference to salmon or spotted owl, says the east, takes opportunity away from...