eyeglasses News Archive

03-Jul-2007

 

  • Finding eyeglasses at discount prices (Market Watch)
    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Mass-produced eyeglasses cost roughly $2 a pair to make, according to a 2005 MIT report, but Americans regularly shell out hundreds of dollars for a single fancy pair. What are we paying for exactly? Some of money goes toward eye exams, of course, but a significant portion can be seen as a convenience tax.


  • This Year at Marienbad, They?re Still Taking the Waters (New York Times)
    In the quiet spa town now known as Marianske Lazne, visitors can relax in the footsteps of Czar Nicholas II, Friedrich Nietzsche, Franz Kafka and Rudyard Kipling.


  • Transformers (2007) (Entertainment Weekly)
    Transformers is a movie aimed squarely at the hearts of boys everywhere, though it might be more accurate to say that it's aimed at the boy who still lives inside a lot of men.


  • Finding Eyeglasses At Discount Prices (CBS News)
    Mass-produced eyeglasses cost roughly $2 a pair to make, according to a 2005 MIT report, but Americans regularly shell out hundreds of dollars for a single fancy pair. What exactly are we paying for?


  • Remember stars of the 4th (Akron Beacon Journal)
    He was a diplomat, representing the American colonies abroad in their quest for freedom; a statesman and leader in the politics of the struggling Colonies; an author who penned wise phrases that we still quote today; a scientist who verified the nature of electricity with a kite; and an inventor of things such as a heat-efficient stove, swim fins and bifocal eyeglasses.


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