eyeglasses News Archive

15-Aug-2008

 

  • Latest fashion trend for all to see (The Pantagraph)
    Patsy Webber has 11 pairs of eyeglasses, and expects to pick up a few more for good measure. Webber is part of a growing trend of consumers treating eyewear as a fashion statement.


  • There's no fun in Games (London Free Press)
    What these Olympic games need is a stiff jolt of controversy and a few giggles. Here we are, approaching the midway point of the quadrennial set of fun and games in Beijing and a certain symmetry is taking over.


  • Woody Allen speaks his peace (San Diego Union-Tribune)
    BEVERLY HILLS ? Woody Allen is chuckling about being vandalized. A life-size bronze statute of the Hollywood filmmaker was erected five years ago in the Spanish town of Oviedo, where he later shot part of his new movie, ?Vicky Cristina Barcelona.?


  • Autistic man impresses state legislators (Kirkwood-Webster Journal)
    It took 10 years for the self-inflicted bruising on Matthew Brennell?s sides to fade. Up until he was 5 years old, punching himself in the side of his stomach was the only way Matthew knew how to express himself, said his mother, Penny.


  • Briefs (Mountain View Telegraph)
    IN BRIEF Watershed Focus Of Two Meetings Two public meetings to discuss an emergency watershed protection program are scheduled for Tuesday at Tajique Community Center and Aug. 21 at Torreon Community Center. Both meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m.


  • Bits on Beckett, Sophocles and the End of the World (New York Times)
    A look at a few of the theatrical offerings at the New York International Fringe Festival.


  • Rockingham area religious listings (The Rockingham News)
    PEOPLE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Route 107, holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays with Pastor Ev Kuder presiding. "Kids Street" Sunday school is held at 9:30 a.m. The first Sunday of each month is the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The fourth Sunday of each...


  • The Savvy Consumer: Savings abound on back-to-school items (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
    There are lots of ways to cut your back-to-school costs.


  • Regional news briefs (The Rockingham News)
    EAST HAMPSTEAD and#8212; A church yard sale will be held rain or shine today, Aug. 15, and Saturday, Aug. 16, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the East Hampstead Union Church located at 229 E. Main St., Route 121A, just south of Route 111. The church is an...


  • More than Rushmore: South Dakota road trip (The Pantagraph)
    CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. -- The wild burro wouldn?t take no for an answer. We had already encountered grazing pronghorn antelope, packs of wild turkeys, prairie dogs, and enough bison to render us downright blase when yet another of the enormous beasts emerged on our four-day trip through the Black Hills of South Dakota.


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