eyeglasses News Archive

10-Jul-2007

 

  • Black asks to avoid jail, give eye exams (The Charlotte Observer)
    Former House Speaker Jim Black, having pleaded guilty to charges of public corruption, wants to stay out of prison so he can give free eye exams and eyeglasses to the poor. In court papers filed Monday, Black submitted an 11-page business plan for the optometry clinic and said it could be running within days. He has been an optometrist for more than 40 years, often seeing patients when not in ...


  • Daniel Radcliffe will strip off his Harry Potter eyeglasses and robes for his London stage debut next year. (WIBW-TV Topeka)
    The 17-year-old actor, who plays the bespectacled schoolboy wizard in the Hollywood adaptations of J.K. Rowling's novels, will star as a troubled stable boy in Peter Shaffer's "Equus."


  • SHADES of SUMMER (Colorado Springs Gazette)
    Eyeglasses have had their share of uncoolness, and wearers have heard it all: Geek. Nerd. Dork. And, of course, the classic: Four Eyes. But somehow sunglasses, in all their dark-glass glory, have always been sweet. Big-deal rock stars wear sunglasses. Hot-stuff actresses wear sunglasses.


  • Area gun dealers cope with red tape (The Record)
    Think of a gun shop owner, and you're probably not picturing people like Billy Meltzer or Michael Luciano. Meltzer, a third-generation owner of Meltzer's Sporting Goods on Outwater Lane in Garfield, has eyeglasses and a full head of wavy gray hair that give him an intellectual air.


  • Black offers free eye exams in lieu of prison (The News & Observer)
    Former House Speaker Jim Black, having pleaded guilty to charges of public corruption, wants to stay out of prison so he can give free eye exams and eyeglasses to the poor.


  • Look closely, save money on glasses (Orlando Sentinel)
    Mass-produced eyeglasses cost about $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 the money goes toward eye exams, of course, but a significant portion can be seen as a convenience tax.


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