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...military says it's fighting back. This past week the army command sent in 15,000 regular army troops, helicopters, tanks and armored vehicles to battle Fazlullah's ragtag band of some 500 militants. The goal is to push them back into their mountain redoubts where the winter snows might keep them out of the way long enough to secure low-lying villages. When the fighting is over, says Fazli Raziq, he will return. But his wife Zaibi feels the violence will not end: "I know in my heart that there will never be peace." For her, and for many...
...Retailers love to blame the weather for their woes, but it's true that this fall's record-breaking warm temperatures have led to sluggish fall and winter clothing sales. They have been so slow, in fact, that many retailers have already started their holiday price-cutting to get rid of the excess sweaters and coats. Due to tepid results the last two Christmas seasons, Wal-mart is determined to get a jump on sales. They reduced prices on toys in September and then slashed them again on 15,000 additional items in October, a 20% increase over last year...
...Imagine if all your money and possessions were taken away from you, but you were allowed to keep one material thing. What would it be? -Lanai Winter, Chico Calif.Diapers. I have little kids. Everything else I could figure out, but I would need those diapers...
...exposed metal hinges of the closet in my 1936 servant’s quarter. I rationalized the peeling paint by imagining that Al Franken ’73 (Dunster) lived here. And who cares if my window is too warped to open? It’s already winter in Cambridge...
...lipstick over her life," says Marrone. "Our lipsticks only have nourishing extracts like shea butter and orange." They also have antioxidant ingredients like green tea, making them functional as well as beautiful. New York City's Bergdorf Goodman was so impressed that the store added the line this winter. And Organic Pharmacy will open a shop in Los Angeles, where white-coated pharmacists will be on hand to mix creams and offer advice. Just what the doctor ordered...