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...room at the table for windmills and solar panels, well, that can't hurt too much. Plus, Bush also called for doubling the size of the nation's strategic energy reserve, boosting oil demand by putting the government in line for a massive fill-up on the federal credit card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Goes Green? | 1/24/2007 | See Source »

...seven siblings, including her only brother, refuse to talk to her. "They cross the road when they see me coming," she says. "Family means a lot to Asians, but, in the past 25 years, I've never heard from anyone in my family on my birthday, not even a card. That still hurts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage Rows | 1/23/2007 | See Source »

...industry has grown up around birthday parties for the younger set. Greeting card company Hallmark estimates that people spend over $600 million on kids' cards, gift-wrap and partyware every year. Companies like Libby Lu have make-over parties, Build-A-Bear stores have private party rooms and there's even a museum that allows kids to dissect sheep's eyeballs. It can cost from $500 to $1,000 to hold a party at one of these venues - or $38,000 if you want to rent out famed toy store FAO Schwartz for a sleepover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: $38,000 Kids' Birthday Parties? | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

...just don't get this Obama thing, either," says Orbanek, the Grand Junction newspaper publisher. New Mexico's popular Latino Governor Bill Richardson will probably try in 2008, but Richardson has spent most of his career in Washington and sometimes tries a bit too hard at playing the Western card: his cowboy boots are ostrich skin, which is permissible but fancy. Richardson certainly can't compete with Republicans John McCain or Mitt Romney, either of whom would easily sweep the region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...just don't get this Obama thing, either," says Orbanek, the Grand Junction newspaper publisher. New Mexico's popular Latino Governor Bill Richardson will probably try in 2008, but Richardson has spent most of his career in Washington and sometimes tries a bit too hard at playing the Western card: his cowboy boots are ostrich skin, which is permissible but fancy. Richardson certainly can't compete with Republicans John McCain or Mitt Romney, either of whom would easily sweep the region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

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