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...Buffalo Bills' super bowl loss cost New York Gov. Mario Cuomo a crate of buffalo wings (sent to Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who had wagered a Virginia ham on the game...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News Of the Weird | 2/8/1992 | See Source »

...CRATE AND BARREL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wealth of Nations Citation | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...fourth of the people surveyed by Leo Burnett last week said they plan to do much of their Christmas shopping this year in discount stores. Among the well- managed retailers surging ahead of the pack as a result: the Gap, Wal-Mart, Mervyn's, T.J. Maxx, Costco and Crate & Barrel in Chicago, which specializes in moderately priced housewares. Quality retailers expected to excel by offering affordable luxury range from Dillard department store to Crabtree & Evelyn (bath and toiletries), Williams-Sonoma (kitchenware) and one of the industry's strongest performers, Victoria's Secret (lingerie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scrooge Goes To the Mall | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...begun in Komura. As the earth shudders, men drop into bunkers near a thick stand of bamboo trees. Nobody talks, but with each blast, the muscles in the men's faces tighten. Saw Klee Moo's face, however, remains smooth. When a rocket explodes nearby, shaking the ammunition crate where Saw Klee Moo crouches, he smiles. Saw Klee Moo is nearly 15 and certain that he will never be hit by a bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Junior Rambos | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...March 19 the capacitors were flown from Los Angeles to London aboard a TWA aircraft and stored in a warehouse. (By some accounts, British officials substituted fake devices for the actual capacitors.) Nine days later, as the large wooden crate containing the cargo was about to be loaded onto an Iraqi Airways flight bound for Baghdad, U.S. and British customs officials seized the goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East The Big Sting | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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