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...smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that a lid is littered." MCDONALD'S, in a statement on its decision to redesign its cups after protests by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which says the animals get stuck, then starve to death while trying to eat leftover ice cream

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 9/4/2006 | See Source »

...smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that the lid is littered." MCDONALD'S, in a statement on its decision to redesign its cups after protests by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which says the animals get stuck while trying to eat leftover ice cream, then starve to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Sep. 11, 2006 | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...paradigm of wholeheartedly supporting "friendly" dictators like Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and the Saudi royal family. If our support for the Shah of Iran in the 1970s or Yasser Arafat in the '90s has taught us anything, it should be that secular strongmen cannot keep the lid on forever. Either we push for change now or we risk a fundamentalist explosion later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Over Yet | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...show that time is running out, Alton's reflects Trevor's face in the dial of a black clock. He might allow a figure to swallow the frame, as bulky Raymond Burr does in Raw Deal. Alton also delighted in visual puns: On a dark street, a trash can lid rattles to the ground, and a gunman collapses on it - his head on a platter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Mann | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

Many of the challenges facing Dell seem to spring from the very innovations that made it a juggernaut. By selling direct, Dell keeps a lid on overhead and offers customized computers at competitive prices, with relatively swift delivery. As the price of computing dropped, Dell was consistently able to shed costs and maintain a price advantage over rivals. But this year Dell's competitors have attacked that price gap. HP slashed thousands of jobs and reduced the number of assembly plants, streamlining its supply chain and enabling it to go head to head with Dell on low-end machines. Retailers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Dell Mount a Comeback? | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

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