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...company didn't have sufficient stocks to satisfy demand for the products and thus was engaging in "deceptive publicity." Carrefour dismisses the charge - "Our objective is not to lose clients but to gain new ones," says a spokeswoman - but admits it was surprised by the big demand. Philip Circus, a London-based specialist in marketing law, says there's a fundamental philosophical divide: there are countries - such as Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands - that have a liberal approach, believing that sales promotions work in favor of the consumer. And then there are others, including Germany, France and some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retail Politics | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

...elegance, tapped McGrath to help create his namesake cosmetics line. That's an assignment head snappingly different from her runway work, particularly with designer John Galliano. At his spring 2003 ready-to-wear collections, an homage in part to India's Bollywood film industry, Galliano created an outrageous, exuberant circus with models in sky-high headdresses and 6-in. platform heels. McGrath drew on the deep pigments associated with India, covering models' faces--and any body part not concealed by clothing--in opaque washes of cobalt blue, right, or marigold yellow. Red glitter formed exaggeratedly large lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shape Of Things To Come | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

...think of science as a clean and logical place where, with the right skills and instruments, you can see the world in a grain of sand. So what happens when you cross science with a circus full of clowns and tricks and gaudy lights, where everything is for sale and nothing is for real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abducting The Cloning Debate | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

...science circus comes to town when a group like the Raelians claims to be cloning children, announcing one arrival just in time to fill the holiday news vacuum. The news came as a shock but not much of a surprise. It was only a matter of time before one of the teams racing to produce the first human clone either succeeded or just decided to claim it had. Chemist Brigitte Boisselier, president of the biotech company Clonaid, is a member of the Order of Angels of the Raelian religious cult, whose prophet Rael says 4-ft.-tall green space aliens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abducting The Cloning Debate | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

ESPN sideline reporter Dave Ryan interviewed Morris live after his circus catch. Morris told Ryan he was happy to be playing with the best athletes in the nation while representing football players from “small schools” like Harvard...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morris Shines at Shrine Game | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

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