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...that makes them a lot more fun. "Because we're not trying to sell magazines or papers, we can afford to assail our readers," says Andrew Sullivan, a contributor to TIME and the editor of andrewsullivan.com. "I don't have the pressure of an advertising executive telling me to lay off. It's incredibly liberating...
...asks, that has brought women back to their pre-feminist roots—or did the feminist movement itself create the current paradigm? How can a modern woman cope with the conflicting demands of biology, social pressure, and ambition? Dowd may not propose any real solutions, but she does lay out the conundrum with panache, pace, and page-turning...
...scheduled vote to re-elect the Speaker. Its schedule meant House members would have to decide on Gingrich without knowing what punishment the committee would recommend. Meanwhile, there was a prospect of more embarrassing disclosures later this month when Cole, the special investigator hired by the committee, will lay out his case...
PepsiCo, whose Frito-Lay snack foods represent 62% of its North American business, in September 2002 became one of the first food processors to cut trans fats, starting with its Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos lines. The company says the conversion, which involved modifying 187 production lines and required 250 analytical tests of the reformulated snacks, trimmed $22 million from its bottom line in 2003. Taking the trans fats out of a product without affecting taste is often far more complex and costly than developing a new one from scratch. That's partly why Kraft had to be pushed to speed...
...skin is a “valorous attempt to make this project respond to the overly prescriptive review process that such projects undergo.” Pointing to the terracotta cladding’s color she said, “This is especially geared towards the lay person. It’s an amelioration of the desire to have everything in brick.” She, added, though, that “unfortunately, it could be mistaken for vinyl siding.” But, aesthetically pleasing or not, the expensive and fragile terracotta material is already breaking all over...