NEWS
By Jill Rosen and Jill Rosen,jill.rosen@baltsun.com | January 16, 2010
The stylists say purple is the it winter color. But Baltimore already knows that. As the Ravens inch closer to a spot in the Super Bowl, the city has gone seriously, deliriously plum - and, sorry Milan, this is no fashion statement: It's a pride thing. With the light bulbs, the jerseys, the sweaters and the dog collars, the banners, the flags, the hats and the pantyhose, the face paint, the ties and even (Lord help us) the wigs, Purple Friday, a season-long staple for die-hards, has gone large.
FEATURES
By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon and Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon,PeoplesPharmacy.com | July 5, 2007
I live near a national park and walk my dogs in the woods. There are ticks everywhere. I stop and pull ticks off myself every few minutes, but I hate to just throw them back in the bushes where they will wait for me the next time I go for a walk. Is there an easy way to kill or dispose of them? Put on insect-repellent-containing DEET before you leave home. Spray shoes and socks, and tuck your trouser legs into your socks. Carry a roll of Scotch tape in your pocket. Whenever you spot a tick, use the tape to trap it. Once it is sealed in tape, it can't escape.
BUSINESS
By Jamie Smith Hopkins and Jamie Smith Hopkins,SUN STAFF | June 5, 2005
Joe Tomarchio is paying a lot more for tires. Gene Mullinix is paying a lot more for fertilizer. Terry Alexander is paying a lot more for roofing. High energy prices have a hidden cost. Oil and natural gas aren't just fuel for automobiles and furnaces; they are also key ingredients in tens of thousands of everyday items, from plastic to pantyhose, computers to crayons, shaving cream to surgical equipment. And manufacturing anything with petrochemicals is more expensive with both energy sources hovering near record highs.
NEWS
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan,Sun Staff | June 9, 2002
On a recent sweltering day, Charella Marx donned a smart red dress and matching sandals for work. Sure, it was a mid-week workday, but the thought of squeezing into pantyhose? It didn't even cross her mind. "It's plain hot, and it's just another layer of clothing that you have to put on," Marx, a 55-year-old Edgewater real estate agent, said while shopping at Nordstrom in Annapolis on her lunch break. "Once it gets hot, I don't wear them. Even in air-conditioning it's uncomfortable. I don't see any redeeming social value in pantyhose."
BUSINESS
By Shanon D. Murray and Shanon D. Murray,SUN STAFF | July 25, 1997
It's one of those wretched moments almost every woman experiences: You notice a snag in your pantyhose moments before a job interview or business meeting.You grimace. You start tugging at the hemline to cover the torn nylon. And you consider the options. Should you take them off? Should you ignore the tear and act surprised when someone points it out?Soon, you may be able to go into the women's restroom, plug $2 worth of quarters into a machine and buy a pair.In the last seven months, six such vending machines that dispense packages of pantyhose -- Lycra or ultra sheer in various colors and sizes -- have been mounted on the walls of women's restrooms in a church and two office buildings in the Baltimore area.
FEATURES
By A SUN STAFF WRITER | June 13, 1996
WASHINGTON -- The note says "Pantyhose" and not another word. Steve Carell lifts it off the stage floor, reads it aloud and in a moment knows what to do: Sing operatically about pantyhose.He steps downstage left and opens his mouth wide enough for root canal work: "PANTYHOOOSE."His colleagues in The Second City comedy troupe quickly fall in line as a chorus behind him as the pianist bangs out muscular chords. The pantyhose aria goes several measures before Carell's big closing line: "They fit me very well, and if you don't like the way I look in pantyhose then you can go to hell."