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'Project Runway': Saturn challenge
Reality CheckHey, it’s Ishita again with this week’s Project Runway recap. Last week, the designers dressed drag queens, and Joe won the challenge, earning himself immunity for this week. Daniel and his “high taste level” were out.Kenley...Tags: Michael Kors, Nicole Richie, Project Runway, Bluefly Incorporated, Heidi Klum
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Horse sense
In the dining room of Dulany and Jimmie Noble's farmhouse, traditional white damask table linens are the backdrop for hunter-green-rimmed china settings that depict fox-hunting scenes. Silver stirrup cups, the traditional vessels used for a toast before...Tags: Farms, Equestrian, House and Home, Rooms and Sublets, Homes
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Steampunk Bedecks Contemporary Techno In Victorian Togs
Courant Staff WriterWhat would happen if the future went as early science-fiction writer Jules Verne had imagined it? It would look a lot like Steampunk. It's a term that has been getting a lot of play lately. So what is it? The curious science-fiction offshoot has been...Tags: Fiction, Hamden, Jules Verne, Southern Connecticut State University
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John Nyquist carves a reputation for midcentury classics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSHIRLEY NYQUIST, the vivacious record-keeper of her husband's furniture-making business, pulls out a typewritten list from 1960 showing a walnut armchair with sculpted back and upholstered seat priced at $125. And today? That same chair would be $4,500....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Beach Vacations, Shintoism, Furniture, Long Beach (California)
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International tourists help lift visitor count
A surge in international tourists helped drive a 1.2 percent increase in Florida visitation this spring. Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing corporation, announced Friday that 22 million people visited Florida in April, May and June 2008. The...Tags: Contracts, Florida Mall, Tourism and Leisure, Orlando International Airport, Landforms
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Cars. Now more than ever.
MotorTrend MagazineThe automobile gets a bad rap these days. It pollutes. It clogs those long, gray ribbons of asphalt we'd all otherwise be playing shuffleboard on. It uses up the earth's resources and scares away spotted owls. It's expensive to buy and expensive to run.... -
How to adjust your car seat for comfort, safety
Consumer ReportsWe've all seen it: folks who drive with their car seat severely reclined, head barely appearing above the window sill, seemingly sitting in the back seat. How you sit in a car affects not only your comfort, but your ability to control the car. Also, a... -
Obama puts finishing touches on convention speech
The Associated PressBarack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political tonight as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium -- and millions more at home -- how as president he would make a difference in their lives. The Republicans weren't just sitting back...Tags: Ceremonies, Stevie Wonder, The White House, Society, Executive Branch
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After four decades: 'Thank you, Miss Ross'
With her wide-set brown eyes and high cheekbones, Pinnie L. Ross still has what it takes to be a model - more than a half-century after the heyday of her career.
Ross carries her slender frame with the same elegant bearing she once did in fashion shows,...Tags: Clarksville, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, Teaching and Learning, Periodicals
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In concert
Today The Motels Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis. 410-268-4545 or ramsheadtavern.com. Vespertine Movement, Big Picture, Between the Bars, La for Another Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson. 410-337-7210, 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com....Tags: Natural Resources, James Joyce, Transportation, Dancing, Tourism and Leisure
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Obama slams McCain, lists presidential to-do list
nia.henderson@newsday.comBearing the weight of history, Barack Obama Thursday night vowed to protect America's shores from harm, to renew the country's promise at home by focusing on the middle class and to end the Iraq war -- while leveling a sharp critique of his opponent, John...Tags: Ceremonies, Stevie Wonder, The White House, Society, Executive Branch
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Car enthusiast wins awards for Mustang convertible
Forum Publishing GroupAlan Ernst is a car enthusiast who won numerous trophies at local car shows with his flamed 1990 Mustang convertible. At the Coral Springs Police Department Special Olympics Benefit Car Show in 2004, the vehicle won an award for best flames. "The whole...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Academic Progress, Animals, Ford, FedEx Corporation
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