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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ships that are using Singapore's port at any given time. Most of the vessels outside Singapore are idle and have been stripped to skeleton crews of three or four in contrast to the normal contingent of 20-25. Nevertheless, they all require the services of companies like Con-Lash Supplies, the firm Lee works for. A one-stop shop for ships sailing through Singapore, it handles the immigration paperwork of oncoming crew, coordinates with ship fuel suppliers and ship repairers, and sells a wide range of goods from coffee to cooking oil to DVDs. "We're at the center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plunge in Trade Is a Boon for Singapore Ship Suppliers | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Although women have been applying kohl to their lids to enhance the size and shape of their eyes since ancient-Egyptian times, the idea of pasting on fake lashes didn't strike until 1916 when film director D.W. Griffith hired a wigmaker to concoct them (out of human hair and gauze) to give actresses a more glamorous and wide-eyed look. Griffith should have trademarked them; false eyelashes have been popular among the Hollywood crowd ever since. And recently divas like Jennifer Lopez and Oprah Winfrey have batted limited-edition lashes in outrageous materials such as feather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eyes Have It | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

Demand for new products is staggering. By the time French beauty giant Lancôme officially launched its new $34 battery-powered mascara wand--with 7,000 oscillations per minute to thoroughly coat each lash--in October, the waiting list for it was 32,000 customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eyes Have It | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Uemura's $29 lashes cost a lot less than lash-lengthening drug Latisse ($120 for a 30-day supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eyes Have It | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...these actions make any sense. Haha we messed up Harvard's field, but wait, doesn't Dartmouth have to play there tomorrow and won't this be just as annoying for them? It appears that this question dawned on the current regime of "unidentified" vandals and prompted them to lash out in a much more practical fashion: by digging up part of the H on Soldiers Field. Ahh, enlightened shenanigans. Don't vandalize the field to be used, maim ANOTHER field...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: Dartmouth Fans Strike Again! | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

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