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PERFECT, THAT IS, only for those interested in keeping baseball in Seattle. Despite lip service to the contrary, local ownership has never been a priority for Major League baseball, as was demonstrated again in the flap created by Minoru Arakawa's nationality. He and the potential investor--Nintendo, owned by his father-in-law--are Japanese...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Major League Xenophobia | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

...appearance and popularity of these stores are signs of our growing environmental consciousness, but also of the extent to which environmentalism has become a fad. Slap the label "organic" on anything, from lip gloss to supermarket baggies, and you can double the price and still increase sales...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Don't Eat the Soap! | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

Despite the committed, serious tone of the pamphlets, the real motto of the Body Shop should be "food, folks and fun." Everything possible has been flavored and colored, from the soaps to the "Ice Cream Flavored Lip Gloss," which was tasty, but not particularly practical. Sure, Rocky Road and Kiwi Fruit taste yummy, but who wants green or beige lips? Another casualty of the Body Shop's compulsive color-coordination...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Don't Eat the Soap! | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

North Star Engine. Most buyers pay lip service to fuel economy but crave power. This high-tech Double Overhead Camshaft (DOHC) aluminum V-8 engine will deliver plenty of the latter and still be reasonably thrifty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Silver Lining in the Showroom | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

Bush continues to pay lip service to this canard out of fear of Republican right-wingers who claim to be "pro-life." In its implications for the slums and villages of the Third World, that slogan disguises a policy that is pro- death. Bush, who hopes that his standing as an international leader will help him next year, says his position has "evolved" after much "soul- searching." Soul-selling is more like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad How Bush Has Wimped Out | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

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