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...risk of being labeled whiny by my brother Joe, I would like to take this opportunity to whine about the Steak Lovers' Kit he sent for Christmas a few years back. It included a jar of sauce, four serrated knives, a cutting board and a pointy thing I later identified as a fork thermometer--but no steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep the Receipt | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...Professor Otnes says she wasn't referring to any particular Christmas gifts, I had a feeling the tampons one participant in her survey received from a grandmother might have informed her opinion. Or maybe it was the woman who sent her sister a bag of Doritos and an opened jar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep the Receipt | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

Harvard Habitat set up a large donation jar at the ice cream giveaway, which was filled to the brim with dollar bills by the end of the day. The group also sold Habitat T-shirts for $10 a piece...

Author: By Colin K. Jost, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Habitat Offers Up Free Ice Cream | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...independent analysis and the companies' responses to them were very revealing. We all recognize that in the end, there is significant subjectivity to the user's perception of success. Charles Revson, the legendary founder of Revlon, was probably quite right when he proclaimed, "We sell hope in a jar." ROBERT KOTLER, M.D. UCLA Medical Center West Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 4, 2000 | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

What we learned surprised us. While we didn't exactly find a face-lift in a jar, we did try some creams that made us look better. The effects are subtle and temporary, but they're real. That doesn't mean you can suddenly trust everything you hear. Nor are we convinced the hypercostly potions--as much as $450 per oz. and sometimes more--are better than what you can get in the drugstore. But as long as you don't expect to look 18 again, you won't be disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Lift In A Jar? | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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