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Before the catfish flap, Americans from several Southern states fought one another over the popular "no tears" onions known as Vidalia Sweets. Originally grown near the town of Vidalia, Ga., these onions soon were cultivated elsewhere from Vidalia onion seeds. A 1986 Georgia law says onion growers in only 20 of the state's 159 counties can label their produce Vidalia. Violators are fined by the state's commissioner of agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trademarks: Catfish by Any Other Name | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Before the catfish flap, Americans from several Southern states fought one another over the popular "no tears" onions known as Vidalia Sweets. Originally grown near the town of Vidalia, Georgia, these onions soon were cultivated elsewhere from Vidalia onion seeds. A 1986 Georgia law says onion growers in only 20 of the state's 159 counties can label their produce Vidalia. Violators are fined by the state's commissioner of agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catfish by Any Other Name | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...What’s in it for you?” What follows are pithy paragraphs directed towards male and female readers explaining exactly what The Women’s Guide has to offer. However, what’s marketed in the prose on lovely lavender back flap is at odds with what’s inside of the book itself...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Judge the Book by Its Cover | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...have not made the artistic move to Vegas are few and far between, and Jagger is possibly the first to sing with authority about how a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll might feel in retrospect. And by god, he can still shake those hips and flap those lips...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Can't Get Enough of Mick's Love | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...SonicBlue's ReplayTV 4000 ($699) works like a Tivo but also connects to the Internet so you can swap recorded shows online--if you have a fast connection, that is; these are big files. Trading TV shows over the Net for free? If this reminds you of the Napster flap, you're not alone: the Big Three networks are suing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Dec. 17, 2001 | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

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