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...stress makes you look and feel old," says Paulette Abraham, marketing director of industry leader HoMedics, based in Detroit. The company, which also sells foot massagers and therapeutic magnets, began mass-marketing Chinese-made fountains last August. It offers 25 designs ranging from $20 nightstand models to $250 slate water walls 4 ft. high. The waterworks aren't always a hit with the younger crowd. This summer a 26-year-old bride in Belmar, N.J., returned all four of the fountains she received at her wedding. She wonders, "Do people really think newlyweds need that much help relaxing...
...high school civics, the Electoral College was a compromise between those Founding Fathers who wanted direct election of the President and those who wanted Congress to pick the President. Today's voters in each state (and the District of Columbia) don't actually vote for President but choose a slate of electors who then pick the President. This year the 538 electors--the same number as there are representatives from the 50 states (plus three for D.C.) in the House and Senate--will gather in state capitals on Dec. 18 to cast their ballots. On Jan. 6, the ballots will...
Meredith J. Curley '01, for instance, used to shop at Bob Slate...
Personal worries aside, Slate said he finds the larger trend toward national corporations troubling. After all, he said, it is just easier for companies like Staples or Express, who do not have their livelihood tied up in one or two locations...
...long as national corporations are willing to pay exorbitant rents for the prestige of a Square location, the prices will just keep rising, Slate said...