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Though the chain's mer chandise looks cutting edge, Weaver is quite care ful to avoid fashion extremes. Unlike competitor Abercrombie & Fitch, which plays up the libidinous elements of its teen offerings, PacSun sells clothes that would pass muster at any high school with a dress code. Weaver says he avoids resorting to sexual advertising messages to move merchandise. "Many teenagers love it," he says, "but why would I alienate the parents? I can't forget my customer is 15 and doesn't have a credit card...
...particularly a recovery from the deep and successive traumas this economy has lived through in the past three years, from the dot-com bubble to 9/11 to the persistent disappointment of a 2002 spent waiting for a recovery that still hasn?t come. In that context, a broad, job-ful recovery by year?s end would be rather impressive, considering the last, jobless one (which surrounded the last Gulf War) took four years to flower. But it still pays to remember that even if the end of the war is the beginning of the recovery, this economy will still have...
...most punishing job in Washington, tap-danced around any overt criticisms of the biggest offenders: the airlines that have overscheduled existing airports into gridlock (and have a history of discouraging the building of new airports); members of Congress who have contributed to the mess; and a 747-ful of government officials who for years have failed to get ahead of air traffic problems...
They weighed no more than a hand-ful of peanuts, had large, saucer-like eyes and flitted about the treetops of humid Asian rain forests on feet no bigger than rice grains. Shy nocturnal creatures, they snapped up insects and nectar as quickly as their tiny bodies could digest them, all the while trying to avoid becoming a meal themselves for nightly predators such as owls. Meet Eosimias, the "dawn monkey"--what some experts are calling the primate equivalent of the missing link...
...about the Fed (meeting tomorrow. The smart money?s on no rate hike). Sprint shares were hopping Monday on the news of a duel for the maiden?s hand, and the Dow and NASDAQ alike were following suit. At least some folks still know the value of a wheelbarrow-ful of the green stuff...