Search Details

Word: cards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Most people do not go to great lengths to be original on Valentine’s Day. Bouquets of flowers and boxes of chocolate are the standard purchases, though some people may add a personal touch in the form of a corny poem or handmade card. These gifts are time-honored tokens of love; buying such sweet products is an appropriate tradition for Valentine’s Day. But even if you spring for the usual gifts tomorrow, it is still important to think outside the box—and consider the origins of the chocolate inside...

Author: By Jordan A.A. Bar am, Kevin P. Connor, and Mary M. Jirmanus, JORDAN A.A. BAR AM AND KEVIN P. CONNOR AND MARY M. JIRMANUSS | Title: All's Not Fair in Valentine's Day Trade | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

...sources, the men were able to get inside a container on a Boeing 727 cargo aircraft flown from the Dominican Republic to Miami under contract for DHL Airways. DHL did not return messages seeking comment. More troubling is that at least one of the men had an employee identification card of a company that allowed him access to the secure area of a foreign airport. "Inside jobs are the soft underbelly of the system," says one aviation security expert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Air Security Threat | 2/11/2004 | See Source »

...first time I went there he carded me,” he said. “I’ve never seen him card people who look older than...

Author: By Hera A. Abbasi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Louie's Caught Selling to Minors | 2/10/2004 | See Source »

...iPod mini, introduced last month, is the size of a business card, comes in five brushed-metal colors, has 4 GB of song storage (enough for 1,000 songs) and works the same way its larger cousin does (a special version of which Apple agreed last month to make for HP). But even Mac fans might balk at the new digital-music player's price: $249. The cheapest regular-size iPod is a mere $50 more but boasts 11 extra gigabytes of storage. Apple's Steve Jobs, never at a loss for words, has an answer: "It costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...from day spas in that they have a doctor on staff. That allows medi-spas to perform more complicated and costly procedures. For plastic surgeons and dermatologists, medi-spas are an opportunity to go retail, with fees determined by the market rather than an insurance company. Cash or credit card, please. "There is no big chain operator, but someone very soon is going to recognize the opportunity for a liquid gold mine," says Light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beauty: Spas With A Twist | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 444 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 448 | 449 | 450 | 451 | 452 | 453 | 454 | 455 | 456 | 457 | 458 | 459 | 460 | 461 | 462 | 463 | 464 | Next