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...wouldn't buy without [the daffodil], that makes it an improper decision." Heaven forbid that the consumers be allowed to decide this question for themselves. Whatever the rationale, the European Commission has proposed sweeping away this patchwork of national restrictions and replacing them with a uniform set of lighter rules that would require retailers to provide specific details about the promotion, such as the date it ends and any special conditions, and take steps to protect minors. The Commission argues that sales promotions are essential to the development of cross-border trade in products and services, and estimates that their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retail Politics | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

...quite authoritatively, “Classes just get in the way of partying.” Given their tendency to stand in the way of a good time, one wonders why colleges even have classes at all. Yet, rather than skipping class entirely, she highly recommended simply taking a lighter course load. She told me of her recent enrollment in “Writing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer” which she was slotted into because of the popularity of “Writing about the Simpsons...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Joe College, Where Art Thou? | 2/6/2003 | See Source »

...changes everything, even the way things look. Charles Eames used a wood-shaping method developed to make better, lighter splints in World War II to create his iconic molded-plywood chair. Frank Gehry turned to Catia, the software used to design military aircraft, to help create his Guggenheim Bilbao. That chair and that museum were new, and looked new, in a way few things ever do. Design that is different in its elements, not just restyled or reinvented, arises from an almost chemical reaction that takes place when a person meets a material, a practice or a technology and sees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shape Of Things To Come | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

...minute like a white-collar kleptomaniac. What's worth more than you're ever likely to lift from a wallet, owned by an increasing number of your co-workers and often left sitting on their desks at lunchtime? That's right: a laptop computer. Laptops are getting smaller, lighter and easier to conceal. Many electronics stores will buy them for their used and refurbished sections. Heck, even the irs has lost 2,332 laptops in the past three years. Who is going to miss one more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop! Laptop Thief! | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...previous matches, Harvard has had success in the lighter weight categories, but struggeled in the heavier ones, due in large part to injuries...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Dominates in First Two Home Meets | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

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