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...birthed you, the least you can do is give her a plant. We found this little bamboo at windowbox.com in the Balcony Store under Gifts That Grow. Consult the Gift Advisor, or let the Floracle guide you to the most appropriate purchase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: Welcome To The Surf Shop | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...sandwiches have doubled since the switch. KFC also discovered that side dishes that work in the West, such as coleslaw and mashed potato, aren't popular in China. The company is currently replacing its traditional sides with seasonal vegetables, including a salad of shredded carrot, fungus and bamboo shoot. Other items tailored for the mainland include congee (rice porridge) and a soup made of spinach, egg and tomato. "We live here, we're Chinese. We see what people prefer," says Ben Koo, KFC vice president of new concepts in Shanghai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colonel Sanders' March on China | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...walked around the garden he hadn’t been [to] in 40 plus years,” Holbrook said. “We stood in a bamboo grove, and he remembered when it had been planted...

Author: By Tina Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Top Botanist, Beloved Professor Dies at 86 | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

After World War II ended, and with it Japan's 36-year occupation of the Korean peninsula, a sturdy bamboo curtain descended in the Sea of Japan. South Korea banned the import of just about all things Japanese, from transistors to seaweed. Most of those restrictions were retired upon diplomatic normalization in 1965, but one was maintained: South Koreans were not allowed to buy Japanese pop music, view Japanese films or otherwise enjoy Japan's rising output of popular culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thank You for the Music | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...results. "Stability is adequate, not excellent, and the maximum speed is about 7 1/2 knots. She has a terrific motion and doesn't pitch or roll." The ship that he and Assad built is a funny-looking duck, with masts like narrow pointed ladders, canted sails and stout bamboo outriggers. The ship's captain, Alan Campbell, a Scotsman now living in Tasmania, recalls his first impression: "Some ships, when you first see them, you're not sure which end is the front and which is the back. When I first saw a picture of this ship, I wasn't sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in History's Wake | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

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