eyeglasses News Archive

25-Aug-2008

 

  • No Matter the Itinerary, Trouble Is the Destination (Washington Post)
    It's not that I travel under a cloud, I like to believe, it's just that my journeys are more eventful than most. I've traced their troubled origin to the 1957 Cadillac limousine my father bought with his winnings from a single, stupendous night of poker. It was a 17-foot-long monument to the glory...


  • Quiet Giant: Alabama's Andre Smith (The Huntsville Times)
    USCALOOSA - The eyeglasses, maybe, are a hint. Gold and rectangular, snug-fitting on the massive body of Andre Smith, maybe they make things clearer and not just for their owner.


  • Shift at the Top Emphasizes SAP?s Bottom Line (New York Times)
    The executive changes at software maker SAP has fed an irresistible narrative in financial markets: the software egghead is yielding to the uncompromising money maker.


  • Lions request old eyeglasses (The Shawnee News-Star)
    Members of the Shawnee Lions Club are asking people to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle for Sight program. The Shawnee Lions Club collects used prescription eyeglasses and prescription and non-prescription sunglasses. The glasses are cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries, where eye care is often unaffordable ...


  • Consumer Champ: What are those campaign souvenirs really worth? (Rocky Mountain News)
    From a pair of Eisenhower's eyeglasses to a Henry Clay coat-pocket cigar case, from stuff stored in an old box or a dresser drawer to materials that had been carefully curated and were worthy of display in a museum, we were overwhelmed by readers like you whom we asked to show us their "stuff."


  • Unsinkable spirit: Fire, flood leave big mess; Bettendorf mom needs money to replace furniture (Quad-City Times)
    CLARIFICATION: A story in Monday?s Quad-City Times did not contain some information pertaining to the cause of a June 15 apartment fire at Chateau Knoll in Bettendorf. According to a Bettendorf police report, the fire was caused by a burning candle. The tenant of the apartment maintains a bolt of lightning ignited the blaze.


  • Manya Rubinstein and Clayton Rockefeller (New York Times)
    Manya Rubinstein and Clayton Rockefeller were married at the home of the bridegroom?s father in Falmouth, Me., and Peter London, an uncle of the bride, led the ceremony, which included Jewish traditions.


  • 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.


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