Retailers seek to keep spending local: Only 42 shopping days until Christmas Nov 13, 2008
Shop locally Great window displays attract people driving by and inspire faithful customers to keep stopping in, said Rachel Bankey, proprietor of Raspberry Beret, a resale clothing shop offering new gifts in the Greenwood section of town. Special events play a major role in keeping patrons in local shops. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Air marshals' crimes raise hiring questions Nov 13, 2008
In September, Kellerman a Green Beret and Purple Heart recipient was sentenced to 27 months in prison after being caught hiding a cache of weapons that included AK-47s and a grenade launcher stolen while he was on leave for a military tour in Afghanistan. Kellerman told investigators he was bringing back training aids for his job as an air marshal firearms instructor. (USA Today)
The biggest show on earth comes to a close Nov 5, 2008
The large African-American male in a beret insists he's there only for security reasons, and denies that he has ditched his nightstick. 2:13 p.m. ET Fox News is falling over itself with an appearance by William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
How might Obama transform America? Nov 2, 2008
She has braids, and a beret, and big loopy earrings, Coach sunglasses, a full rack of braces, and what looks like something plastic in her tongue. (I'm afraid to ask. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Last Minute Halloween Costumes Nov 1, 2008
Lab coat + splatters of paint + paintbrush + beret = great artist. Masks: You can make any kind of mask you like with paper, scissors, crayons or markers and a length of ribbon, cloth, or elastic. (Suite101.com)
Patrick Swayze takes on 'The Beast' Oct 30, 2008
On a film soundstage here, a tense scene was unfolding, with the actor Lou Diamond Phillips, playing a rogue cop, holding a gun aimed at the head of another actor, who stood tall, unflinching, his face and frame thinner than in his glory days, but still handsome, his hair concealed under a tight-fitting black beret. "Go ahead, you'll do me a favor," said Patrick Swayze in the voice of Charles Barker, an undercover FBI agent with dark secrets, a character the actor later described as "someone... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Stylin’ for a good cause Oct 27, 2008
The mother of three was feeling particularly alone, as her husband, a Green Beret, was serving in Iraq when she got the diagnosis. However, by some odd coincidence, her long-time friend Perry was diagnosed 17 days later, and the two women found themselves experiencing the scary ride together. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Life is good for Niles couple Oct 7, 2008
In 1994 they adopted the face of Jake, a beret wearing, sunglassed character with an easygoing nature, a dog named Rocket and big smile on his face. The Jacobs brother combined Jake and Rocket with the words 'Life is good. (Niles Star, MI)
Fewer 'sworn virgins' in Albania Oct 6, 2008
Rakipi, 54, who trades her security guard's cap for a military beret when not in uniform, never felt much like a girl. "I have never worn a skirt," she says during a break at work. (MSNBC -- International)
Tiger Woods Is Building A Washington Foundation Oct 6, 2008
The tournament will serve three purposes for Woods: It is his homage to the armed forces and to his father, Earl Woods, a former Green Beret, with free admission for active service members and a Pro-Am event held on July 4 in his father's name. It is a political springboard for the expansion of the Tiger Woods Foundation, his youth charity. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Editor's Mailbag (Sept. 30) Oct 5, 2008
" deadreds wrote on Oct 4, 2008 3:50 PM:" Everyone know that when a Green Beret, rapes a taliban POW, the Green Beret has suddenly switched to his inner liberal. Okay Davy, your momma is calling you to come in for a PB and J. " *Member ID: *Password: Remember login?( You must be loggedin to comment.It's free and quick! | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright ? 2008 , A subsidiary. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Hunt for success Sep 20, 2008
" But ultimately, her choice to star in the film, came down to "wanting to act in the part". Hunt's character, April, is tracked down by her real mother at the same time as her marriage breaks down. Hunt had just 27 days to make the movie, which meant meant no time for professional make-up. Intelligence "Make-up is an extra hour and a half usually, so I would be on the way to work looking over a shot list, while I put my hair in a beret," she says. "I also thought that a lot of hard things... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
In art, it's a long way to the beret Sep 18, 2008
You can even wear a beret if you like ... au/news/opinion/in-art-its-a-long-way-to-the-beret/2008/09/17/1221330924748. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Australian Idol Round-Up: Jonny Taylor, The Man So Memorable ... Sep 17, 2008
Pity poor Jonny Taylor; first he eats bitumen in a motorcycle accident that causes him only to be able to communicate via the power of soulful atmospheric rock songs and paintings of post-apocalyptic landscapes featuring screaming, bald heads, then his hair is attacked by the last remaining bottle of Fudge Raspberry Beret Paintbox dye on the planet, then his mother solemnly informs him that the family will only be able to afford clothes from Off Ya Tree since the river took Emmy-Lou, and then,... (Defamer Australia)
R&B singer-writer Ne-Yo flaunts his gentlemanly style this 'Year' Sep 15, 2008
Entering a hotel restaurant in a crisp white shirt, black jeans and an argyle sweater, a beret perched nattily on his head, the R&B star looks more like a J. Crew model than Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. But "being a gentleman isn't about what you wear; it's about how you wear it," he says. "You don't have to put on a three-piece suit. You can be a gentleman in jeans and a T-shirt if the pants aren't sagging down, and the T-shirt isn't three sizes too big.". (USA Today -- Life)
Turn on the charm, baby! Sep 11, 2008
M has now put on the official Black Panther beret and throws up the Black Power fist in salute and starts singing Power to the People lol. By Binford2k. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Low turnout predicted for NH primary Sep 9, 2008
Steiner, 52, of Concord, promotes his military background - he's a West Point graduate and former Green Beret - and his 20 years of representing small businesses as a lawyer. L'Eplattenier is a retired aviation engineer from Rindge who kept a low profile during the campaign. (Concord Monitor)
Music review: Ligeti anchors Symphony program Sep 7, 2008
In the brisk outer movements, which are full of ferocious passagework and keyboard fireworks passed back and forth between the soloists like so many hot potatoes, Poulenc doffs his beret to the Romantic tradition of Chopin and Liszt. The gesture is half sincere and half puckish - but the joke lies in the repeated appearances of themes from Balinese gamelan music, which wander onto the scene wreathed in Borat-like amiable cluelessness. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Son Of Rambow Sep 2, 2008
It's his own take on First Blood, shot with his big brother's camcorder and Lee himself, in beret and overcoat, playing the Richard Crenna part. It's pale, timid Will who gets the chance to go bare-chested with his school tie knotted around his head a la Rambo's bandanna and as his director's stunt choreography becomes increasingly inspired, Will amazes himself - and us - by becoming intimately acquainted with his inner action figure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Model citizens Aug 31, 2008
The pattern of batik on a sarong, the type of footwear worn by a soldier during a specific period, the correct badge on a beret, nothing is too insignificant to leave to chance. After the information has been gathered and verified, hundreds of hours of painstaking work goes into each of the scale models. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hundreds gather in Medicine Hat to bid farewell to soldier Aug 31, 2008
After the 90-minute memorial service ended, Sapper Stock's mother, Leona, emerged from the armoury clutching a folded Canadian flag, her son's beret and his Afghan Service Medal as she held her husband David's hand. The couple stood silently as the coffin was loaded into the hearse, then embraced Cpl. Cowan, their son's comrade and friend. (Globe and Mail)
Couple still huggin' after 65 years Aug 27, 2008
" She was wearing a cute red beret and I took it off her head and played keep-away with it with my friend," Seymour recalled. Marilyn eventually overlooked Seymour's red hair, and when he went into the Navy in 1941, they wrote often. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Camp aids kids of military overseas Aug 24, 2008
At another Operation Purple Camp in Allenstown, N.H., last week, Chaplain Wayne Santos, a Baptist minister in the state's Army National Guard, served his prince of peace in Army fatigues, his reverend's status indicated by a tiny black cross on his shirt and a silver one on his beret. He traveled the aptly named Podunk Road, which winds under tree canopies and past boulders to the remote 4-H camp in southern New Hampshire, where the Operation Purple Camp was held. (Boston Globe)
A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans Aug 11, 2008
Every morning in this Southern town of big-box stores and Bible readers, the Beat Generation can still be found dissing the system in the form of a 91-year-old woman in a red beret and cowboy boots ... Dressed in billowing skirts, berets and yellow cowboy boots, one journalist said she looked like a gypsy ... " She cracks up. Even stooped from age, Lou cannot sit still. She moves to and fro, her hands, stiff like paddles. She pats her dress, adjusts her beret, touches the arm of a companion. Her... (The Daily Reflector)
OLYMPICS | MARKETING: Shoppers, on your marks ... Aug 7, 2008
It was obvious that the fashion quotient at the Olympic Games, already a five-ring circus of designer logos, had been raised when Polo Ralph Lauren was named to replace Roots, the Canadian sportswear company of floppy beret fame, as the official outfitter of the American team this year beginning with the "Chariots of Fire"-inspired ensembles for the opening ceremonies on Friday. Now Gucci is selling limited-edition watches marked 8-8-2008, with interlocking G's in place of the 0's; Puma is... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Life is good T-shirts catch on as economic downturn deepens Jul 27, 2008
The Piotrowskis discovered the brand while camping in Wisconsin several years ago and have since acquired at least 20 T-shirts, four coffee mugs, matching pajamas and a paddleball set that show Jakes uncynical and ever-smiling face, which never seems to be discomforted by humidity, adversity or even that he looks more like a French mime X with his beret and white face X than a symbol of American optimism. But the Piotrowskis appreciate Jakes perspective on life. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The key to a kilt: You wear it well Jul 26, 2008
He should stroll his beat with a large walking stick (called a "cromach"), and as an alternative to a pith helmet, he might elect to wear a beret, with USPS insignia pinned upon it. Otherwise, in the manner he's currently wearing it, as depicted in the photograph, he does appear to just be a guy wearing a skirt, and Highlanders and Celts would merely laugh at him. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Stop Picking on Beijing's Olympics Mascots Jul 25, 2008
Related in SlateJulia Turner of the Olympic beret. Rob Walker of USA Track and Field. (Slate)
High-profile giver could use a hand Jul 19, 2008
But as Portland police served scoops in the broiling courtyard, Yandell, 47, stood alone in a suede coat and his signature turtleneck sweater and black beret -- no matter that it was 90 degrees and a social. These days, Yandell could use some help himself. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
More of this story Jul 18, 2008
The Breakers crowd rewarded Alice in a maroon dress with her hair in a ponytail, clasped with a sparkling beret with three standing ovations. The Goldberg Variations are perhaps best known as a masterpiece for the late Glenn Gould, another onetime prodigy. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Remembering Cyrus Dallin Jul 18, 2008
At the door, he paused to don a smock and beret. And so became in a wink the artist. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Afghan violence kills 3 from ATL Jul 17, 2008
Afghanistan violence claims 3 metro area soldiers Snellville, Cumming men killed in fierce battle; IED blast fells Clayton Green Beret ... Georgians paid dearly, with a third local soldier, Master Sgt. Mitchell Young, a Green Beret, also among the casualties. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Afghanistan violence claims 3 metro area soldiers Jul 17, 2008
Georgians paid dearly, with a third local soldier, Master Sgt. Mitchell Young, a Green Beret, also among the casualties. Young, 39, of Jonesboro, was killed when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Kajaki Sofla. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
First female soldier to die fighting in Afghan war is laid to rest Jul 8, 2008
Comrades in arms, now united in grief, yesterday bore the coffin of Corporal Sarah Bryant, draped in the union flag, with her beret, belt, campaign medals and a single red rose on top. The first female soldier killed in Afghanistan, whose funeral took place at Holy Trinity Church in Wetheral, Cumbria, was described by her family as their "Angel of the North". (Scotsman)
Kim takes Tiger's tourney, 2nd PGA Tour win Jul 7, 2008
The man was former Green Beret and noted sports therapist Jim Weathers, who has spent this year working Kim's muscles into shape before and after every round. Yet, when asked why his client is now one of the hottest young golfers on the tour, Weathers focused not on biceps but instead on partying. (International Herald Tribune)
Prince gets funky with hip-hop and Southern rock Jun 28, 2008
I think it's time for everyone to don a raspberry beret. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Missing Anaconda woman (85) Jun 26, 2008
The video shows Gracia entering the Rock Inn with a white male with a distinctive white or gray beard, wearing a leather geez (beret style) hat, jeans and a jacket. He stood about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and appeared to be in mid 50s or older. (Montana Standard, MT)
With return of the storks, French region is reborn Jun 25, 2008
Wey's uniform includes a faded green apron to protect his khaki shirts and pants from the splatters of poop from scared young storks and a black beret for covering the birds' heads to keep them calm. His tools are a bamboo cherry picker and a pair of pliers for tightening the bands on the birds' upper legs. (Boston Globe)
Fading custom: Virgin women live as men Jun 25, 2008
" Longing for old times Some sworn virgins bemoan the changes. Diana Rakipi, 54, a security guard in the seaside city of Durres, in west Albania, who became a sworn virgin to take care of her nine sisters, said she looked back with nostalgia on the Hoxha era. During communist times, she was a senior army officer, training women as combat soldiers. Now, she lamented, women do not know their place. "Today women go out half naked to the disco," said Rakipi, who wears a military beret. "I was always... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Main Street fund-raiser entertains capacity crowd Jun 25, 2008
When Whitaker took a break, Keokuk's Tamela LaFoe performed The French Monologue dressed in a black skirt, black Parisian sweater, black beret, black stockings and black stilettos. She held a long cigarette holder and talked mostly English with some French scattered throughout the comedic monologue. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Ex-police sergeant Pelo convicted on all counts of rape, stalking Jun 19, 2008
Pastafarian wrote on Jun 18, 2008 3:38 PM:" Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that muttonhead34 is attracted to michelle24 in a playground way enough to ridicule her compassion. What's next muttonhead, are you going to grab michelle's Brownie Beret during recess and throw it?As for Pelo crying I think it is one of two things. Either all his emotions and the realization of what he has done to his family finally caught up to him, or, they were crocodile tears meant to sway the penalty phase. ".... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Mourning A Son Meet Paul Pearson, who lost his 21-year old son Robert in Afghanistan Jun 17, 2008
What remains of Robert's military career is now in a box in the Pearson family home in Cleethorpes, his battered ipod damaged in the explosion, his beret and sweat shirt from his training course. On the sideboard is a three-foot-high photograph of Robert in his dress uniform, his Afghanistan Campaign medals and his regimental cap, and the Union flag which draped his coffin. (Sky News)
Disney sued over worker dress code Jun 14, 2008
In the atmospheric performances, he was initially allowed to wear a red turban in place of the red beret the other musicians wore. However, even after rehearsing for both jobs, the lawsuit claims Channa was removed from the atmospheric position because he lacked the "Disney look.". (Orlando Business Journal)
'Helping Hand': Sentinels Kick Off Effort Jun 10, 2008
Glenn was in full uniform, a Green Beret soldier who has returned to duty and still planning a lifetime of military service ... " Shachnow's autobiography "Faith and Honor" traces his life from a 7-year-old Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp to American citizen and Green Beret commander. The general has no doubts about the area's ability to bring several Sentinel families here. "I think we can be responsible for three families," Shachnow said. "I think by September, October, we should have... (The Pilot Newspaper)
Word Sandwich: Virgin gardener Jun 7, 2008
Now, he said, his smoky hair concealed under a tilted black beret, Ill show you how to plant your tomatoes right-side up. . (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
A trip to the nation's best fried chicken Jun 5, 2008
Instead, her petite great-granddaughter, Kerry Seaton, 28, has donned a chef's jacket and pulled a black beret over her curls. She's manning the fryer and keeping tradition alive. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
You're hired! The Apprentice reaches its climax May 31, 2008
Amidst these velociraptors, Lucinda Ledgerwood is a little beret-wearing bear' says Johann Hari ... Amidst these velociraptors, Lucinda is a little beret-wearing bear ... If you're down with the second team, join me in donning a beret of solidarity for the next fortnight. (Independent)
Board honoring those serving is unveiled May 28, 2008
She learned that the man in the photo was Paschos' son, Staff Sgt. Michael Paschos, an Army Ranger and Green Beret who was recently honored with a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq. Cortellini's husband had served in the Navy for 25 years, and the two women found they had a lot to talk about. (Valley News, CT)
The Medieval Imagination May 24, 2008
He wears a kind of beret and pouts like an English cartoonist's idea of a belligerent Frenchman, although this may be intended as a devilish mockery of a cardinal's outfit. His feet and hands have been transformed into menacing talons and he holds a set of giant fish hooks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The kind you find at a second-hand store May 23, 2008
True to its name, the walls of the Raspberry Beret are painted a yummy raspberry sherbet color - almost as yummy as the Revamp items by American Vintage Clothing and Classics at Rachael Bankey's Wakefield boutique ... Today's hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Raspberry Beret, 1110 Main St., Wakefield. (Boston Globe)
Chase bank in Chesterton robbed (20) May 23, 2008
The robber is described as a black man, 6 feet tall and clean shaven, wearing a tan beret ... Beret wrote on May 22, 2008 1:37 PM:" Tan beret. Dark brown beret. Whatever. But the guy was wearing a beret! Who wears a beret? The guy in April had a safari hat on! Chesterton must be the place where robbers wear funky hats. Any bets on what hat the next guy who robs a Cheesetown bank will be wearing? " ... Rocket Scientist wrote on May 22, 2008 12:00 PM:" Every newspaper so far has said he was... (Munster Times, IN)
Retiring teacher excites student imaginations May 22, 2008
I put on my dark sunglasses, a beret and a Hawaiian shirt then I talk in a Jamaican accent for the rest of the class while I take them to go fishing with beanie bag frogs. We take them to the volcano and sacrifice some of them in the middle, and we take them to sneaker bay, which is going from one parachute to another parachute, and they play the game Sharks and then I send them back on their flying machine, said Marcus. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
Nerdy TV is not just hit and myth May 17, 2008
Bizarre facial hair that makes one of them look like a walrus and a beret that screams, "I conform by not conforming". Big. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
You're attired! May 16, 2008
Check out those Carrie Bradshaw homages: pink berets, quirky brooches, red leather gloves, floral frocks and even a short bob identical to the one Carrie had for a meeting at Vogue (end of series four, just after the split with Aidan, SaTC fact fans) ... Pink beret, 12, by Kangol, 01946 818 350. (Guardian Unlimited)
LETTERS: NCT, May 12, 2008 May 13, 2008
as he tried to document the radical, militant Brown Beret speeches on the main stage in a public park ... " StrikingBack wrote on May 12, 2008 2:59 PM:For those who believe Mr. Swick's examples were not good ones, take 5 minutes and Google the terms Atzlan and Reconquista. If that isn't enough "proof" for anyone then nothing is. The Reconquista movement exists, is alive and well and is led by La Raza. These are the facts and if you took those 5 minutes and did some of your own research instead... (North County Times)
Chapter One of Moment of Truth In Iraq: Be Not Afraid May 13, 2008
Former Green Beret Michael Yon is hands-down the best and most exciting battlefield reporter working today, internationally renowned for his dispatches and photos seen by millions around the world ... Former Green Beret Michael Yon is an exciting battlefield reporter working in Iraq is internationally renowned for his dispatches and photos seen by millions around the world. (Townhall.com)
Letter: Marketplace Committee expresses thanks May 8, 2008
Ben & Jerry s Ice Cream, Bertuccis, Bobs Stores, Boston Duck Tours, the Butterfly Place, Canobie Lake Park, Capital Grille, Chunkys, the Concord Museum, Cravings Ice Cream, Davis Farmland, the Discovery Museums, Dockside Restaurant, Edaville Railroad, Fuddruckers, Greenwood House of Pizza, In Town Cleaners, Irving Blue Canoe, Irving Gas Station, Kowloon, Longhorn Steakhouse, Mohegan Sun, the Museum of Science, National Amusements, Papa Ginos, Plaster Fun Time, Randy s Car Wash, Raspberry Beret,... (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Che anything May 5, 2008
The filmmakers behind "Chevolution" explain how Che Guevara's face ended up on all those T-shirts, posters, beer bottles and bikini bottoms. Courtesy of Red Envelope Entertainment. (Salon)
Tiger Woods Is Building A Washington Foundation May 5, 2008
The tournament will serve three purposes for Woods: It is his homage to the armed forces and to his father, Earl Woods, a former Green Beret, with free admission for active service members and a Pro-Am event held on July 4 in his father's name. It is a political springboard for the expansion of the Tiger Woods Foundation, his youth charity. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Pets and vets (62) May 4, 2008
Wearing a jaunty tartan beret, Jasper the ferret peered up at Pet Day visitors with bright red eyes, wiggling in excitement at the crowd. Dressed in his finest, Jasper was one of the many four-legged participants at Oregon State University s annual Pet Day events, which were well attended, thanks to Mom s Weekend and the dedication of a new building at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on campus. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The Last of the Summer Wine Trio May 3, 2008
Alvin is a dashing fellow with a beret, who now lives beneath Nora Batty and occasionally pays her the same unwelcome attention Compo used to. Heaven knows why - Nora is brutal with her broomstick. (Suite101.com)
'Iron Man' soars May 2, 2008
He debuted in Marvel's "Tales of Suspense" as an anti-Communist weapons expert shot down and captured in Vietnam, whence he evolved into a Full-Metal Beret. Sort of a former-day John McCain. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More than celebrities needed Apr 22, 2008
It wasn't long before a thick-tongued Green Beret major announced over a blaring juke box that he was starting a "buy a buffalo" fund. Within minutes $500 had been collected and shoved into my hand. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Centenarian-plus celebrates 108 Apr 19, 2008
Decked out in a pink flower necklace and silver beret, Louvenia Posey was surrounded by adoring friends at her 108th birthday party recently in the Windsong Village Convalescent Home in Pearland. Pink is her favorite color, said Darlene Carter, a friend who s known Posey for six years only since she turned 102. (Pearland Journal, TX)
Roots relieved to be away from Olympic glare Apr 8, 2008
The Toronto-based chain became almost a household name after it designed the U.S. team's berets for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Before that, Roots had gained recognition with its red "poor boy" beret that it designed for the Canadian team in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
