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BIONICLE named the #1 best selling holiday toy
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Michael McNally, public relations manager for LEGO Systems,
referees 8-year-olds Dillon Uzar, left, and Alex Giacobbe of
New Jersey using LEGO’s BIONICLE Manas Pinching Crabs, Tuesday,
October 16, 2001 in New York. BIONICLE was named the #1 best
selling holiday toy at Play Date 2001, a showcase of the year’s
hottest toys according to retailers. (Robin Weiner/WirePix)
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Kohl's Shoppers Can Help Local Children's Hospitals By Purchasing Special Holiday-Themed Merchandise
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Kohl's shoppers can help 41 children's hospitals throughout the country by
purchasing a special holiday CD, cuddly plush bear, a classic book or a festive
holiday decoration for their home or office. Starting now through the holiday
season, all Kohl's department stores are offering four unique seasonal items
with all net profits benefiting local children's hospitals as a part of the
Kohl's Cares for Kids program. .
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From Stone Age to Phone Age
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More than just a communication tool, a new study says some men view the cell phone
as a status symbol - competing with other males for the most high tech toy - and even
using the cell phone to seduce the opposite sex.
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Gourmet's October Restaurant Issue Showcases America's 50 Best Restaurants from Gourmet's Critics
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Gourmet's October 2001 Restaurant Issue features the first guide to "America's Best 50
Restaurants" (pages 81-104) from the magazine's restaurant reviewers. Ruth Reichl,
editor in chief of Gourmet and former restaurant critic of The New York Times, and a team
of Gourmet's critics ate thousands of meals and traveled millions of miles, visiting
restaurants across the country anonymously to create the list of the Best 50 Restaurants
in the United States
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Sam Goody Teen Survey Indicates Gift Cards are Hot Holiday Gifts
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It used to be that shopping for teens was one of the most difficult tasks for the holidays. But the days of trying to guess what's hot and what's not may be over. More and more parents are opting to give gift cards for the holidays, and the teens that are receiving these cards couldn't be happier.
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Joan Lunden Encourages Families to Cook up Some Conversation at Dinner Time
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A nationwide survey conducted confirms the family dinner is alive and well - in fact, 80 percent of families surveyed reported eating dinner together at least five times each week. However, for three out of four American families, the focus is likely to be on the television rather than on talking to each other. As many Americans would likely agree, it's important now more than ever to enjoy meals as a family while reconnecting through conversation at the table.
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100 Best Companies for Working Mothers Cited by Working Mother Magazine
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Amid the fears and economic cutbacks facing corporate America comes a glimmer of good news. Working Mother magazine on October 9 released its 16th annual list of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," a compilation of corporations that best recognize the value and needs of working families.
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Spoetzl Brewery Wins at the Great American Beer Festival
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Representatives from the brewery came home victorious from the Great American Beer Festival® with a silver medal
in the American-Style Wheat Ale category for Shiner Winter Ale and a bronze medal in the American-Style Dark Lager category for number-one selling Shiner Bock®.
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Duracell Announces Kids' Picks for the 10 Hottest New Toys of the Holiday Season
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The experts have spoken, and they want action ... action-packed play, that is! Kids across the country have voted the high-speed, versatile Gearhead Street Savage Remote Control Vehicle as number one in the 14th Annual DURACELL® Kids' Choice Toy SurveyTM.
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Beat Stress...Book a Trip
October 2001 (Newstream) -- Experts say vacation prices have come way down and now is a good time to get out and travel. There are great package deals available from cruises to tropical escapes to domestic and international hotel stays. With everything that's happened recently, doctors recommend taking a vacation to relieve stress and start to heal.
Here are numbers for affordable travel deals. See your local travel agent or contact:
Royal Caribbean International
800-327-6700 or www.royalcaribbean.com
Celebrity Cruises
800-722-5941 or www.celebrity-cruises.com
Marriott International
800-704-8512 or www.marriott.com
Lindblad Expeditions
800-EXPEDITION or www.expeditions.com
Hilton Head Island
800-523-3373 or www.hiltonheadisland.org
The Islands Of The Bahamas American Express Getaway
800-BAHAMAS or www.bahamas.com
Guesses for an extraordinary decade
No man on the Moon, the Cold War easing off and the colonists will leave Africa - what the experts predicted would happen in the 1960s.
The hills of the future
Ever wondered what happened to Wembley? It ended up being turned into four man-made hills.
When can papers you're carrying be photoed?
Two minsters have been left red-faced after documents taken to Downing Street were enlarged by the media.
Sex appeal
Why the fuss about four women talking shoes and men?
Classics lessons
What can the Spartans and Romans teach Boris about politics?
Wheel estate
How high house prices force one woman to live in a van
Classics lessons: What can the Spartans teach Boris?
Recognise this: How Wembley rubble was turned into hills
The Monitor: Lord Justice Demon Headmaster
Sex appeal: Four women talk about shoes and men. So what?
Wheel estate: High property prices force one woman to live in a van
Paper Monitor launches Beach Mammoirs - keep your eyes peeled
Your Letters: Microwaves cook ballast aliens. Eh?
The way to do it: How Punch and Judy survived the PC world
Clive James: It's not the fault of the gaffer, it's the fault of the gaffees
7 days 7 questions: A fashion faux pas for who?
Time to panic: Why were US public information films so scary?
Culture club: Why do we throw away so much yoghurt?
10 things: Only 3% of street crime's solved by CCTV
Bust-up with the boss: Should bad workers be blacklisted?
Who, what, why: What makes a chicken kosher?
Ad breakdown: Why are the adverts so loud?
Compensation culture: How did no-win no-fee change things?
Justin Webb's America: When politicians meet ordinary people
The Monitor: Shocker. Paltrow wears high heels
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On TV, men are the new weaker sex
"Big Shots," ABC's mostly-comedic take on male bonding, is a man's idea of a woman's idea of men. The show's heroes - each the head of a corporation - are adorable, sensitive, flawed, and yearning for love. And they're eager to talk about it. They gab about troubled relationships on the golf course, across the pool table, in the steam ...
Hottest suburban dad alive
Sounding a bit like LBJ, Matt Damon swears he did not seek and will not accept the mantle of "Sexiest Man Alive," which the discriminating editors at People foist on the Cambridge-bred actor in the new issue. "You gave an aging suburban dad the ego boost of a lifetime," Damon writes of the overdue honor. "My 9-year-old stepdaughter now thinks ...
B'way talks to resume
With the lucrative Thanksgiving week looming, striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers say they will start talking again on Saturday. Local 1 and the League of American Theatres and Producers jointly announced yesterday that they will resume negotiations "at an undisclosed place and time." Thanksgiving weekend is one of the best times for business on Broadway, with many shows selling ...
In Mosley's mysteries, a history of race relations in the US
NEW YORK - When the world first met Easy Rawlins, he was 28. It was post-World War II Los Angeles - a city full of opportunity and without a long history - not a bad place to be for a smart, confident black man. Fired from his job, Easy was in need of fast cash to pay his mortgage. So ...
Novel set in Vietnam War, CIA history win National Book Awards
NEW YORK - Denis Johnson's "Tree of Smoke," a 600-page journey through the physical, moral, and spiritual extremes of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, won the National Book Award for fiction last night.
Drifting in the shadows of 'Hamlet'
NEW YORK - The Wooster Group's production of "Hamlet" at the Public Theater is extremely interesting. It's almost as interesting as "Hamlet" itself.
Drawing on our Colonial history
The Old North Bridge in Concord, site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first battle of the American Revolution, isn't so old. The bridge there has been destroyed by storms and floods several times and rebuilt. The current version, in what's now Minute Man National Historic Park, was erected in 1956.
Fine language, fiery emotion
When reading books I'm going to review, I fold down the corners of pages containing passages that are especially illuminating or powerful. My copy of Irish author Anne Enright's "The Gathering," winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, is now twice its original thickness from all of those dog-eared leaves. In fact, about the only unfolded corner is the cover ...
WROR and WODS get into the all-holiday spirit early
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Yes, as of this past Monday - more than a week before Thanksgiving - two Boston stations have already switched to a temporary format of all-holiday music.
Warping the lessons of Watergate
John Dean, who was White House legal counsel to President Richard Nixon, famously identified "a cancer growing on the presidency" when he testified as the government's key witness in the Watergate trial. In 2004, in the damning analysis "Worse Than Watergate" he made a similar diagnosis about the Bush-Cheney administration, and now "Broken Government" (Viking, $25.95) examines, with great precision ...
Drawing comics is easy
SHUTESBURY - Cartoonist Alexa Kitchen got her big break at the 2003 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art book fair for independent presses.
Short takes
Strawberry Fields By Marina Lewycka Penguin, 294 pp., $24.95 Marina Lewycka's first novel told the story of a quirky family of Ukrainian immigrants making a go of life in England among the bourgeoisie. In her second she branches out, telling the story of a quirky miscellany of Ukrainian, East European, Asian, and African migrants making a go of life in ...
Rebels, writers, and milkmaids
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Knopf, 284 pp., illustrated, $24 When Laurel Thatcher Ulrich published "A Midwife's Tale" in 1991, the quiet revolution taking place in the academy went fully public. Discovering the history of women and entering it into the stories we tell ourselves about the past had been the focus of intense agitation by ...
Shelf Life
Case revisited In 1974, Kenneth C. Edelin, an African-American doctor finishing his residency training at Boston City Hospital, was indicted on a charge of manslaughter. The indictment concerned an abortion he had performed on a 17-year-old girl; the alleged victim was her fetus. After a six-week trial, a jury convicted Edelin. In 1976, the state Supreme Judicial Court reversed the ...
Get your ride on
Mystic River paths Where Run through Everett and Medford, with easy access in several spots.
Boston by bike
Boston is a miserable city for bikers. The roads are glorified cowpaths - rutted, full of potentially lethal potholes, and loaded with sharp curves and odd meanderings. To call the weather inhospitable and unpredictable does not do justice to the 30-degree temperature swings of spring days or the 45-mile-per-hour winds of an early fall northeaster. Boston drivers are a national ...
Jamaican food like mom makes
There's reggae on the radio, coconut water in the cooler, and chicken patties under the heat lamp. Lorenz Island Kuisine, with its bright walls and friendly owners, is a welcoming spot that has been serving authentic Jamaican food in Codman Square for a year now. Chris Lorenz Graham owns the place and runs it along with his wife, Samantha, and ...
A big step up from the dive bar
Coda's name is a reference to the intersection nearest the bar/restaurant: It's by the corner of Columbus and Dartmouth, in the space once occupied by Tim's Tavern. Its name is not meant to refer to the musical coda, a passage that both prolongs and concludes a movement. Still, this new hangout does extend the legacy of Tim's, which was celebrated ...
A toast to beer's biggest booster
Despite beer writer Michael Jackson's self-deprecating assertion on his website that he wasn't "that Michael Jackson," the revered London-based author, TV personality, and "beer hunter" was definitely a superstar in the brewing community.
Green peppers with toasted almonds and golden raisins
Serves 4 Serve with bluefish or steak, or use to top pizzas. Add the peppers to salads or serve with fresh ricotta on French bread toasts.
A peck of peppers
Some like to pick green peppers off pizzas and pull them out of salads. They seem so much less exciting than the red, yellow, or orange ones. And there are so few recipes that use the green peppers as the primary ingredient.
Macadamia nut chicken
Serves 4 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts Salt and pepper, to taste 6 cups bread crumbs 1 1/2 cups finely chopped macadamia nuts 3 cups flour 6 eggs, lightly beaten 1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Have on hand a rimmed baking sheet.
Pork chops with apple cider
Serves 6 6 boneless pork loin chops (2 1/2 to 3 pounds) 2 tablespoons canola oil Salt and pepper, to taste 1/2 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 1/2 cups apple cider 1 teaspoon each chopped fresh oregano and thyme 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1. Set the oven at 400 degrees.
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My favorite cookbook
Readers share their picks.
Buried treasure: white asparagus
In Germany and the Netherlands, green asparagus plays second fiddle to the white kind.
Saudi Arabia's first women-only hotel: Is it progress?
Some say it's a sanctuary for business women. Others see it as another sign of gender segregation in a male-dominated society.
A leg up on learning Chinese
One of the latest trends in American child care is Chinese au pairs.
The Oreo invades Britain
What fresh vulgarity have the Yanks brought now? Milk dunking!
Music transforms kids and towns in remote area of Bolivia
Inspired by a biannual baroque festival and the legacy of missionaries, young people join choirs and take up the violin and Vivaldi in parishes across the country's eastern lowlands.
A philosophical approach to a mouse in the house
Keep in mind tht he'a peaceful underdog and even .. a family man.
Teen use of drug 'Salvia divinorum,' as seen on YouTube, raises alarms
Parents and state lawmakers ratchet up pressure to outlaw the hallucinogenic herb.
For working moms, a way to connect with college
About 40 mothers are receiving scholarships from Project Working Mom to earn degrees online.
American moms today (by the numbers)
Interesting facts about mothers.
Was it easier being a mother in 1908?
On the first Mother's Day 100 years ago, moms had a tough – but rewarding – job, just as they do today.
How to create a glowing garden
Plants with two-tone leaves look interesting even when not in flower.
Faith groups mount campaign against torture
They're protesting Bush administration policies. But polls show Americans are split on the issue.
My favorite cookbook
Readers talk about the cookbooks they can't live without.
Mind your peas and pods
Spring is the season to enjoy fresh green peas and sugar snaps.
A soldier's quest to save Iraqi, Afghan interpreters
Targeted by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, they find a haven in America.
Vacations with kids: the 'stay-cation'
Staying home can give kids and parents time to unplug and take in the sights close to home.
How to travel with kids in tow
This family found ways to make traveling fun for Mom, Dad – and son.
States divided on approach to polygamous sect
Law officers in Arizona and Utah say their method of confronting the FLDS must differ from that of Texas.
Make the most of volunteer vacations
Ten tips to consider before you book that community-service trip overseas.
Must Florida pay for felled citrus trees?
Homeowners suing the state say its disease-prevention efforts destroyed thousands of healthy trees.
I need a GPS system for my nail clippers
One man's solution for not losing household items: Buy multiple replacements and hide them everywhere.
In West, mining's return faces resistance
The region's newcomers, who came for high-tech jobs and scenery, worry about ecological costs.
One urban dweller's aversion to national parks
If it doesn't have a multiplex and espressomaker, I don't want to go there.
Blacks wrestle with Obama-Wright rift
Many understand, but some may doubt Obama's 'blackness.'
Christian Science Monitor | Living
What does it mean to 'Support Our Troops'?
Worrying that a magnet 'soundbite' equates support for military with support for the war.
He met the 'right' girl on eve of his wedding to another
Should he follow the plan or follow his heart?
When the legal thing isn't the right thing
Should she zip into the breakdown lane or languish in traffic?
If a kid's diary is online, should mom peek?
In a click, an Internet journal could reveal a teen's world -- but lead to suspicion.
Grade inflation is not a victimless crime
The first line of defense needs to be faculty.
Should we throw away Mom's things?
Habitual hoarding should be stopped as soon as possible, even if your mother is the one who does it.
Social responsibility: Taking away Dad's car keys?
When is it time to pull over - for good?
Parents' own teen years - how honest to be?
My dilemma is this: To put a rule in a meaningful context, just how honest should I be with my children?
A stand for principle, bumper to bumper
A political opinion, a parking place, and putting one's children at risk in the back seat.
csmonitor.com | Moral Dilemmas
An occasional series of personal commentaries, on the thought-provoking challenges of daily life.
Circus Offers Audiences Thrills, Chills and More
Self described β€˜Greatest Show on Earth’ offers unique experience for audiences and performers
Tobacco Use Rises Among Women
Study shows marked benefits for many who quit, but millions who don't are expected to die of tobacco-related illness
US Lawmakers Examine Trucker Woes
House Committee looks at the impact of record high diesel prices on trucking industry
Israel Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Celebrations taking place as intelligence services warn of a dozen terrorist threats against Jewish state
Russia Holds First Red Square Military Parade Since Soviet Collapse
Display comes as Russia celebrates its May 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany
South Korea Offers A Kinder, Gentler DMZ
Tense North-South border is marketed - to tourists - as a place of peace and natural beauty
Gas Prices Soar, Americans Buy Smaller Cars
Motorcycles, scooters become more popular
Growing Indian Economy Sparks Housing Boom
Real estate developers target burgeoning middle class
New African Effort to Build AIDS Research Center in Ghana
The Ghana-based Africa Life Aid Project wants to raise millions to help people living with AIDS.
HIV-Affected Families in Malawi Benefit from Raising Fish
Initiative considers expanding to neighboring Mozambique and Zambia.
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The Read: The New Science of Perfect Skin
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Hot Link: She's A Betty (shesabetty.typepad.com)
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Beauty Spot: Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder
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The new word in style: kluge
My two favourite pairs of shoes remind me of my new favourite word
Happy guilt-free Mother's Day
Now that parenting is a verb, we can't just kick back and do as our mothers did
Splash flash
One-piece or two, this summer's suits make bold statements in strong, solid colours. There's nary a polka dot to be seen
Hot Link: Hostess with the Mostess
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The Buy: Tiffany & Co. bag charm
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The Buy: Pink Garmin Nuvi 250
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The Buy: Harikiri Design bird bones necklace
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