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The Byzantine drop-off rules at Goodwill or the Salvation Army can stymie would-be donors who want to clear their closets of ill-fitting, outdated or frayed clothes. Donation times are often limited to just a few hours on designated weekdays. But there is an alternative: the brightly colored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doing Business in a Box | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

As a youngster, Duncan collected comic books like The Fantastic Four, and his fascination with superheroes and action stars has continued into adulthood. His new home in San Antonio is filled with a collection of replica knives from the action and kung fu movies that he loves, like "Blade." He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Fundamental's Big Future | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

Just a few weeks after it started to get noticed, the campaign to recall California Governor Gray Davis has gone from being a nettlesome political problem to a real threat to his survival. Organizers of the recall say they have collected more than 500,000 of the 900,000 signatures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight Of His Life | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

Zuk has plenty of company in his malpractice losses and in his zeal for reform. In 2001 medical-malpractice insurers paid out $1.53 in claims and expenses for each $1 in premiums they collected. The industry has lost a combined $8 billion since 1995, and its reserves for estimated future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Sets Your Doctor's Bill | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

The shopping experience starts before customers ever get to the store. Their expectations are created in television and print ads, and the best stores deliver on those expectations. The ones that don't deliver foster a vague sense of unease and resentment. Store designer Richard Russo of Virginia's Hybridia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Just Take the Money! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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