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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...captain Clay Bischoff turned in a solid performance and captured second behind Porter...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mishap Doesn't Sink Porter, M. Sailing | 10/1/2002 | See Source »

...culinary finds in two stores, on Chartres and Magazine streets, says owner Patrick Dunn. In addition to such varied items as a $35 breadbasket and a $35,000 18th century French dining-room table, the stores have some unique pieces. For instance, the Chartres Street location features a Sicilian clay wine cup dating back to biblical times that sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Big Easy Bonanza | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...time he put the ballooning manuscript aside and started a new novel about a pot-smoking college professor with his own long-unfinished novel. Wonder Boys was a wry 1995 book that became a witty movie last year with Michael Douglas and Robert Downey Jr. But it was Kavalier & Clay that made the superabundance of Chabon's gifts superapparent. The story of two boys who invent a Nazi-bashing comic-book hero during World War II, it is an irresistible tale of a lost New York City that is also a superb coming-of-age story. Chabon has just completed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kids Are Us! | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...revolutionize the $1 billion tire-sealant business, but until that goal is realized, he will settle for tennis balls. InMat, Goldberg's seven-employee company in Hillsborough, N.J., regularly ships to Wilson Sporting Goods 55-gal. drums filled with an environmentally safe liquid containing 1-nm-thick sheets of clay. When the material coats the inside of a tennis ball, it traps air far more effectively than standard rubber alone and doubles the life of the ball. Wilson's Double Core, which made its debut more than a year ago, sells at a premium in U.S. tennis shops and this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nanotechnology: Very small Business | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

ALAEA SEA SALT, HAWAII Once used only in religious rituals, this salt, the pink color of which Captain James Cook hated, has clay impurities. It's a bit harsh and lingers on the tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Gourmet Item: Salt | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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