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...would dine in one of the hidden rooms upstairs and choose his next female victim from among those in the dining room. The count's bedroom across the lobby from the Oak Hall became the USW party committee room, where many a writer was read trumped-up charges before being shipped to the camps or expelled from...
...Comes to a not very nice end. This kid's survival skills are about what you'd expect of a nice middle-class boy, who may have read his Thoreau, but who neglected to cultivate a Ralph Waldo Emerson he could count on for a warm bath and square meal when he really needed them. And despite the best efforts of Emile Hirsch, there's something annoying about him, too. He's too secure in his self-righteousness, too smug in his conviction that his is the only viable path to self-fulfillment. A lot of the dropouts he encounters...
...Bahama. "The big theme that drives retail is getting back control of the brand, which is what they've tried to do," says Chen. "The Starbucks theory [of always expanding] doesn't work for fashion." Since 2003 Lord & Taylor has replaced 85% of its merchandise and reduced its style count 45%. The current 47-store chain is more akin to a specialty store: manageable, edited and easier to shop. "I think there will be a rallying cry for regional nameplates that bring charm and the service people are looking for," says Elfers. The plan is showing results...
...revolutionize the lingerie industry. She might easily have ended up with another business: McDonald's franchises ("They wouldn't let me open in Manhattan," Natori recalls) or antique furniture reproduction ("The chairs weighed more than I did") or even a car wash ("We would park and count the cars that went into them"). In her search, Natori, 60, who was born and raised in the Philippines but moved to New York City in 1964, was merely trying to satisfy an entrepreneurial urge that she traces back to her grandmother, who owned several businesses, including an ice factory...
...find an answer for Engineer Devin Lewis, who scored three goals for MIT in the opening period. But sophomore Spencer Livingston was able to keep the Crimson in the game by scoring the team’s first four goals through the first half. Unfortunately, the high turnover count (12 in the first half) caused Harvard to play at its end of the pool, leading to limited opportunities for shots. “It was a turnover fiesta in the first quarter,” head coach Erik Farrar said. “You usually get 40 possessions a game...