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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once upon a time, the big thrill for young wisenheimers who perched on Santa's lap was to pull off the old guy's fake beard. But these days, according to a new study, 95% of mall Santas are "Natural Santas"--that is, they have their own beard. Other Santa stats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 22, 1997 | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

JILL SMOLOWE is a TIME contributor and the author of An Empty Lap, recently published by Pocket Books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BATTLE AGAINST BIOLOGY; A VICTORY IN ADOPTION | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...Rover's conjunctivitis acting up? Try a little acupuncture. Fluffy spitting up hair balls again? There's an herbal tonic just for her. Horses can lap up the "vibrational wisdom" of dandelion and other floral essences. There are even homeopathic remedies tailored to the strange and, it must be assumed, esoteric needs of iguanas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ST. BERNARD'S WORT | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...rookie pitcher Livan Hernandez, the Cuban defector who was the NLCS MVP, climbing into a knot of Marlin fans in the stands and shouting two of the few English words he knows, "World Series! World Series!" And an hour after the game, there was Huizenga taking a victory lap around the bases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISH ARE JUMPIN' | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Golden Gophers, the Earle Brown farm that was turned into a mall and a subdivision--I think of the SILVER BUTTER KNIFE STEAK FOR TWO, looming above me on a billboard, our car stopped at a red light on Lyndale Avenue in 1952, the Bible on my lap open to Ecclesiastes, my head anointed with Wildroot hair oil, and I feel restored. Some glories remain. You for sure, and me, perhaps, and, absolutely, Murray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AGE OF ELEGANCE | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

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