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...right pair of sunglasses doesn't have to burn through your bank account. Whether you're eyeing a $175 pair of Persols or a $20 bargain from the drugstore, make sure there's an official decal indicating that the lenses absorb 99% to 100% of the UVA and UVB rays. What you shouldn't accept, however, is any nonspecific wording such as "UV block" or "maximal UV protection." Specific numbers should always be attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching Out For A Shady Deal | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Without the right decal, deeper tints can actually make things much worse. It's normal for our eyes to widen and let in more light when we wear dark glasses. Unless the lenses are already designed to absorb ultraviolet light, the risk of damaging the eyes only grows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching Out For A Shady Deal | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...hundreds of Spanish-language textbooks to San Felipe schools. And Bruce Barber, a former food-company executive, combs the desert for the grave of a 16th century explorer. What brings them all to the far edge of the Sonoran desert? Lou Wells, a onetime railroad clerk, answers with a decal on the side of his VW dune buggy: NO BAD DAYS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: No Bad Days (Who Needs Electricity?) | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...make the school letters appear old and cracked, run a knife under the edges of the characters and pick at the decal. A nail file or sand paper will roughen the surface of the letters...

Author: By F.g. Tilney, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Ready Prep? Go! | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...make the school letters appear old and cracked, run a knife under the edges of the characters and pick at the decal. A nail file or sand paper will roughen the surface of the letters...

Author: By F. G. Tilney, | Title: Ready Prep GO! | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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