eyeglasses News Archive

14-Jan-2008

 

  • Their vision hasn't changed (AM New York)
    Ever since wooden-wheeled pushcarts swarmed the city's cobblestone streets and neighbors could be overheard shouting across their tenement windows, since the beginnings of skyscrapers and Grand Central Terminal commuting, a family-owned Lower East Side-based business has been helping New Yorkers see the world through a better lens.


  • He works to keep seniors active and interested (The Star Press)
    MUNCIE -- Once an emergency medical technician, Bruce Reynolds now works to save senior citizens from stultifying years of boredom.


  • Eyeglasses offer possible evidence (The Red and Black)
    After a pair of eyeglasses were found Wednesday at Memorial Park, Athens-Clarke County Police are looking at pictures to determine if the glasses are linked to a missing University graduate student, according to a report by the Athens Banner-Herald. Cayle Bywater, 29, has been missing since Dec.


  • Neediest Cases fund surpasses 2006 total (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
    A single mom facing eviction and an elderly man in need of new eyeglasses are just two examples of people who benefited from money raised in the Chattanooga Times Free Press 2007 Neediest Cases campaign.


  • Eyeglass fund helps students learn to read (Lancaster Online)
    As coordinator of a reading mentoring program at Lafayette Elementary School, Michelle Salinas understands why children struggle to read.Concentration problems and a lack of books at home are common obstacles, but sometimes reading difficulties stem from a more basic cause — students...


  • ARCHIVE SEARCH (East Bay Express)
    Dear Mexican: A friend asked me years ago to come up with a Spanish word or phrase that contains fewer syllables than its English counterpart. After years of thinking about this, the only one I could come up with is " Tengo sed " (three syllables) compared to "I am thirsty" (four syllables).


  • IBM gives away dozens of environmentally friendly patents (The Journal News)
    Armonk-based IBM is spearheading a new initiative to release dozens of U.S. patents for environmentally responsible technology into the public domain. Some of the technologies include patents for biodegradable packaging material and a method to more safely produce TV screens, camera optics and eyeglasses.


  • Helping lifesavers deal with ER stress (The Enterprise)
    The former semi-pro football player had nurse Valerie Griffiths pinned against the wall in the South Shore Hospital emergency department. Weighing 360 pounds and standing 6 feet 4 inches tall, he had arrived pale, sweaty and complaining of chest pain.


  • The Howl That Haunts West 66th Street (New York Times)
    Two vents on a seventh-story ledge on Riverside Boulevard occasionally emit a loud, unearthly howl that some neighbors have compared to an air-raid siren.


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