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...Soon I received a call from Steve Milton, Unilever's v.p. of communication. He told me that Q-Tips weren't meant to be put inside the ear, and are often used "for bits of household cleaning and to take off makeup," though later, under my intense questioning, he admitted that "the majority are used for cleaning small orifices in and around the head," which is clearly newspeak for ears. When I asked if he himself put the anvil maimers into his ears, he paused for a long time and finally said, "Well, I don't really have a rummage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something Evil in the Ear Canal | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...edge of the culture as well as the continent--that embraced the misfit, dreamer, bohemian, gay, artist, hippie, rabble-rouser types who had been flocking there in successive waves since the Gold Rush and in whose company I counted myself. My first digs were in a feminist communal household on Potrero Hill, where we shared meals, child care and feelings for a grand total of $500 a month rent, or $150 for my share. It was the perfect arrangement, allowing me to live well (with "vu") and follow my bliss as an actress and writer for a song. Practically everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to the Garden | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...that India is well on its way to overtaking China as the world's most populous nation. Even before the numbers are in, everything about this count has been gigantic and controversial. The government dispatched some 2 million enumerators, or clerks, across the country to visit every village and household, including the makeshift dwellings of India's urban slums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Tabs on India | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...would be the most distinctly political figure to hold the Harvard presidency since James B. Conant '14--who did not become a household name until late in his administration...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Harvard to D.C.--and Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

...call it that--she calls it a "structured routine." It's old but sensible advice. Applying a flexible schedule that is based on a baby's natural rhythms of eating, activity, napping and sleeping at night will help strip away that layer of chaos that can reign in a household with a new baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Translating Babies | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

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