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A sight for everyone's eyes

Chicago Tribune
June 13, 2007 - ...bag" shown here was created by Karl Lagerfeld, one of the chicest designers on the planet. He made it in reaction to airline regulations requiring travelers to put cosmetics in clear plastic bags. It was just a fashion-y joke, right? I buy my Baggies in bulk for a few bucks at Jewel but this clear plastic bag, trimmed in white patent calfskin and embellished with the Chanel interlocking C's, costs $950. The larger model goes for $1,250. Cost aside, what would possess anyone to......
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How movie rental pushed Bellevue woman to join Gore's Climate Project

Tennessean
June 13, 2007 - To recycle without effort Russell and co-worker Mary Kay Matthys are working to get Vanderbilt on board with recycling efforts. We help them recycle their boxes and such, but we really need to focus on the move-out, and get a recycle program in place there. ...
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Cubans round out food allotments with basket pizzas

Telegram & Gazette
June 13, 2007 - A teenage boy at a weathered wooden cart asks 2 pesos for “granizados,” small plastic cups of ice drizzled with strawberry-flavored syrup. Another vendor sells homemade popcorn in plastic bags for 3 pesos. ...
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State agrees to pay for security at Flight 93 memorial site

Allentown Morning Call
June 13, 2007 - The Park Service covered the box with a black plastic bag and asked Svonavec to remove it by Friday of last week. Also Tuesday, Rendell signed into law a bill sponsored by state Sen. ...
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Exchange students enjoy visit

Telegram & Gazette
June 13, 2007 - “It was very crowded at the center that day,” said Ruth L. Kaminski, the town’s recycling guru. The tags are to be affixed to the recycler’s windshield by a center volunteer. Applications may also be obtained at www.leicesterma.org/recycling. ...
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Staples looks to grow the easy way

Nashua Telegraph
June 13, 2007 - Staples recently unveiled its computer recycling program. The retailer is finding suppliers to make recycled products at the same quality and price points as non-recycled, he said. The new Glendale, Colo., store has been “selling recycled paper like crazy,” said senior manager Gene Nelson, with shoppers increasingly opting for 100 percent post-consumer rather than the 30 percent option. ...
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Rowing Inner Harbor laps, without pause: Al Freihofer's effort Saturday to raise money to help a dog rescue group

The Baltimore Sun
June 13, 2007 - ...bottles of Gatorade he consumed, but he did figure out the intake-outflow ratio -- 4:1. (Gatorade bottles also served as his liquid waste management system.)Freihofer arrived in Baltimore Aug. 17 to an appreciative crowd but, because Fox News missed it, he was asked to get back in the boat in which he had sat for 109.8 hours, row back out into the harbor and re-enact his arrival. He did so, and the crowd re-enacted their cheers -- maybe even a little louder for the cameras....
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The nuts and bolts of customer service

The Bulletin
June 13, 2007 - ...her plastic bag of metal weights she'll use to keep the edges of her curtains down. She appreciates employees' help, even when she's only spending a few dollars.In order to ensure that customer loyalty, regional manager Spaulding says employees are trained to greet customers as they walk in the door and help them find what they're looking for -- if they need assistance.At the cash registers, Spaulding says employees keep lists of items customers say they want -- for......
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Recycling centers stay open, but hours cut

Ocala Star-Banner
June 13, 2007 - Commissioners finally voted 4-1 to keep all 18 recycling centers open, but cut the operation at all of them from seven to four days a week. ...
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Scrap metal industry thrives amid high gas prices

Delaware State News
June 13, 2007 - Cannon said. "And then they sell us bags of aluminum cans for gas money."Mrs. The higher the demand, the higher the value."Michelle DeHaven, assistant manager at Terrapin Recycling Center in Dover, said they buy aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel and light iron. DeHaven said the people who tore down the former ice plant on North Street in Dover brought her the metal from the frames and the pipes to be recycled.Mrs. ...
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