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...Tiffany & Co.: The little blue box is doing just fine, particularly overseas. After all, wealthy folks still have Valentine's Day and wedding gifts to buy. Luxury retailers without an international presence are the ones struggling. "Tiffany's end results were pretty good because they don't only sell to clients looking for affordable luxury but to very rich customers who are not necessarily impacted by the U.S. dollar," says Dave Sievers, retail practice leader at Archstone Consulting. He foresees luxury spending stabilizing or even increasing as 2008 progresses. For this fiscal year, Tiffany predicts at least a 10% growth...
...late at the office when there was a knock at the door. Jason and some teammates wanted to know if they could get some balls and the lights turned on at Jordan Field to work on their shooting. At that moment, I knew we were going to be just fine.”This type of dedication is needed if Harvard hopes to maintain its hot streak. Duboe and the Crimson soon enter a gauntlet of games against the likes of Penn, Duke, Cornell, and Princeton as part of one of the most difficult midseason schedules in team history...
...Throughout the whole of its regimen, the Paul Revere battalion only appears to have one speed—brisk. Even words aren’t allowed to loiter in the mouth. In fine military style, the outfit shortens most anything that can be shortened: operations orders become “opords,” fragmentary orders “fragos,” warning orders “warnos,” and meals—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—are united under the simple moniker “chow,” or sometimes, if ovens...
...unlike any other politician - I've been racking my brain all day, what other politician could weave not just their own personal history with American history but serving themselves up as an example of the contradictions in this country? He did a fine job of getting back on the high road. The question remains: will this road lead to the White House or back to the United States Senate? There's a path for Barack Obama still to the White House. Given his background, given that there's pieces of America residing in him, he must now show the people...
Bill Clinton knew he was walking a fine line in New Orleans over St. Patrick's Day weekend, when his dual roles - philanthropic ex-President and attack dog for his wife's campaign - seemed at odds. "Since my foundation is a 501(c)3, I don't want to be monitored for violation of crossing the line," Clinton told a group of reporters Saturday at Tulane University, where the nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative had just kicked off the first meeting of CGI U, a branch of the organization that encourages college students to get involved in environmental, social justice...