Feb 17, 2010 -
After going to salons for the last ten years, spanning two different cultures, I'm beginning to think there is an international agenda directed against people with curly hair. Today, I spent nearly $100 in a decent salon in an attempt to rewrite my own luck, and what do I get; the EXACT same haircut I got THREE times before for less than half the price.
Being a victim of the whole credit crunch/downsizing culture, this was meant to be a treat I've denied myself for well over a year. Finally affording something like this, doing all the research on all the salons in my metropolitan area, learning a bit of the lingo to convey what I want and yet AGAIN being disappointed leads me to believe that this can't possibly be me...there has GOT to be a problem with hairstylists.
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Jan 26, 2010 -
This post was submitted by Renees3 in our Ask Savvy group.
I worked for a company for six years. Dec.
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Jan 23, 2010 -
I worked for a company for 6 years. Dec. 21st I found out they decided to downsize my department and a bunch of others to Zero.
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Jan 21, 2010 -
Report Card for the Obama Administration
by CEI Staff
January 20, 2010
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2010—One year ago today, Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States. Since then, he and his appointees have had the opportunity to begin implementing their policy agenda, with notable results throughout the federal government’s departments and agencies. The analysts of the Competitive Enterprise Institute have assessed the administration’s first-year performance and assigned grades accordingly.
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Jun 02, 2009 -
From Jezebel
Earlier today, a NYC CBS affiliate ran a news segment about the plus-size segment of the fashion industry. For those who have been living under a rock for the past few months (or not reading this site) the current recession is affecting the once growing industry of women's plus-size clothing.
Companies like Ellen Tracy have eliminated plus sizes, while Bloomingdale's has either reduced or dropped the lines altogether.
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Nov 23, 2009 -
Once upon a time, Joe Lieberman was interesting—not always correct, in my view, but interesting. He was interesting because he thought for himself. On most issues, most senators line up pretty automatically with their party.
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Jul 23, 2009 -
Washington - The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the government's largest overseas diplomatic mission, is significantly overstaffed and needs to be downsized to reflect the reduced American role in the country, according to a new State Department report.
"There is a clear consensus from the top to the bottom of the embassy: The time has come for a significant rightsizing," says the report Wednesday by the department's inspector general.
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Oct 14, 2009 -
If you asked people at random to describe Filippa Hamilton in a word, you’d hear a lot of synonyms for “gorgeous.” What you wouldn’t hear is “fat.”
And yet the 5-foot-10-inch, 120-pound model says that is essentially why she was fired by Ralph Lauren after eight years with the fashion designer.
“They said I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore,” the size 4 stunner told TODAY’s Ann Curry Wednesday in New York. Hamilton said that Lauren wrote a letter to her agent saying, “We’re terminating your services because you don’t fit into the sample clothes that you need to wear.”
Ralph Lauren denied that she was fired for being too large.
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Oct 12, 2009 -
Conspicuous consumption penetrated United States post-WWII as an outcome of modernity. Mass consumption of houses, automobiles and manufactured goods infused Middle America. Captivation with materialism exhibited itself in the purchases of houses.
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Oct 01, 2009 -
By Michael Yon
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The Greatest Afghanistan War has deteriorated so noticeably that one can now feel the enemy's growing pulse. Each month it beats steadier, stronger, and in 2010 it will finally be born.
On Sept.
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