The man behind the curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 27, 2008
NO sooner had Sen. Hillary Clinton won a near landslide victory in the Pennsylvania primary than major media figures were renewing their calls for her to drop out of the race. But there is a whiff of panic about them now.
In an editorial Wednesday, the New York Times called Mrs. Clinton’s 10-percentage-point victory in the [...]
No Curtain For Carlos
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on April 27, 2008
With thousands of fans brandishing giveaway foam fingers yesterday at Shea Stadium, Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado essentially gave everyone The Finger.
At least you could have made that argument after watching the scorned first baseman refuse to leave the dugout for a curtain call in the seventh inning, having just circled the bases for his second [...]
Curtain to rise on Carlton project
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on April 27, 2008
Following a failed redevelopment bid and a compulsory purchase order, the wheels are finally in motion for a €1.25 billion redevelopment project at the site of the Carlton cinema on O’Connell Street in Dublin.
The long-running saga surrounding the Carlton cinema site on Dublin’s O’Connell street took one step nearer to conclusion, with the publication of [...]
Czechs head Central Europe’s catch-up quartet in race for Western riches
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 27, 2008
Czechs are in pole position to overturn decades of post-war economic decline and stagnation to become the first citizens of a former Communist bloc country to attain Western levels of prosperity.
Catch-up with the West can be achieved within a decade, according to the latest upbeat report on the Central European country published by the 30-strong [...]
A starry ‘Country Girl’ gets an inert Broadway revival
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 27, 2008
The theater is mysterious,” murmurs the title character at one point during “The Country Girl” — one of the more pretentious (but true) pronouncements in Clifford Odets’ 1950 backstage potboiler about an alcohol-soaked actor attempting a comeback.
That mystery is further reenforced by the latest Broadway revival of Odets’ play, an inert production that has stymied [...]
News & Features Ban on tobacco displays ‘puts health first’
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 21, 2008
Ontario smokers will soon have to thumb through a binder to pick the brand of their choice at convenience stores as the province ushers in a ban on cigarette displays that the government says is necessary to save lives despite growing concern among store owners. While half of Ontario’s 10,000 convenience stores say they [...]
Speakout Voices: Cigarette display ban
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 21, 2008
We asked you whether you think covering up cigarette displays will make smoking less appealing to young people. Here’s what you had to say.
Hiding cigarettes puts health first? How about putting solar panels on every grid-tied roof in the province so we can finally close down our coal fired power plants? How about banning idling, [...]
News & Features Greening your family life
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 21, 2008
Earth Day is a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy some Earth Day events, or muck about greening your own patch of earth. Plant a tree or some flowers, put up a bird feeder, or set up your own backyard compost. Kids love to get dirty, and you檒l all feel good knowing you’re doing [...]
Renovation Out of Africa
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
Denise Zidel is the African queen.Zidel has tapped right into the current rage for bagging all things safari with her furniture and accessories business Snob.And she comes by it honestly she hails from South Africa. But her showroom at 388 Carlaw Ave. is not too I’m Tarzan, you Jane.Nor is it as precious as Ernest [...]
Ontario Cigarette display ban to go ahead despite uproar
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
Ontario smokers will soon have to thumb through a binder to pick the brand of their choice at convenience stores as the province ushers in a ban on cigarette displays which the government says is necessary to save lives despite growing concern among [...]