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...find out what kind of monsters work at Unilever, I called its headquarters in Westport, Conn., a town that was once the home of Martha Stewart. Before I stormed Westport, though, I armed myself with a little research. The Q in the brand name doesn't stand, as I had imagined, for "Quick, get me an ent guy," but rather for the suspicious-sounding quality. I also found out that Q-Tips were originally called Baby Gays. This doesn't help make my case, but it did make me really happy...
Excelsior Value & Restructuring also requires just $500 to get in--but has no front-end charge. Excelsior's fund manager, David Williams, looks for undervalued stocks and companies that are reinventing themselves. Vern Hayden, a financial planner based in Westport, Conn., says it's his favorite $500 fund, and given its smattering of companies in most major sectors, he would suggest it for nearly any portfolio...
...requirements, class rankings; it's as though they believe their children should never have to suffer the indignity of being evaluated. Pity those kids when they get their first job. Last month Laila Kouri, 16, reflected on the SAT as she sat through an expensive coaching class in ritzy Westport, Conn. "I know people who blow off classes, are failing school and walk into the SAT and get a 1200 the first time," she sighed. "How can this be a fair test?" Well, as Kouri has learned, no one ever said life's tests were fair...
...requirements, class rankings; it's as though they believe their children should never have to suffer the indignity of being evaluated. Pity those kids when they get their first job. Last month Laila Kouri, 16, reflected on the SAT as she sat through an expensive coaching class in ritzy Westport, Conn. "I know people who blow off classes, are failing school and walk into the SAT and get a 1200 the first time," she sighed. "How can this be a fair test?" Well, as Kouri has learned: no one ever said life's tests were fair...
...feeling of being "shunted aside or pushed out" when the room is taken over is common, notes Sara Moss Herz, a psychologist in Westport, Conn.--even for children embarked on independent lives. "There's still that fantasy that you can go back and do it right," she explains. "If there's an office or guest room there, that's pretty concrete evidence that life has moved...