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...contest she would like to win. The piece only has to be 500 words long, although I have a hunch Eliza could sum it up in nine: "Schlepping, schmatas and not nearly enough sex or showering." The prize is a regular column in the fictional Lunchbox magazine, paying $3,000 a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uma and Motherhood: A Parody Waiting to Happen | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...attacks follow a similar pattern: numerous crude bombs timed to go off in sequence in bus stations, temples and markets. The latest attacks used explosives delivered in the most mundane possible ways - on bicycles left casually near a fruit stand, or in a stainless-steel tiffin carrier, the ubiquitous lunchbox of Indian commuters, left under the seat of a bus. But, in Ahmedabad, the terrorists were also more ambitious than in previous bombings, striking at many more sites than in any other recent attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Violence | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...open-air stalls of Smithfield Market in central London, about 80 of the diamond world's most powerful men meet here. Each client is led into a second-floor room. Coffee and tea are offered. An attendant comes back with what looks like a yellow-and-black plastic lunchbox. Inside are gem diamonds of all varying types and sizes. There are no negotiations over price, only an implied choice: Take it or leave it. These events are called "sights," and the host is De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. The stones passed out here represent slightly fewer than half the total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Core of a Diamond | 6/20/2006 | See Source »

EPSON PICTUREMATE Designed to avoid that office-equipment look, this lunchbox-style printer has a handle for easy lifting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Designing For Women | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...understanding of the legal maneuvers that will determine his future. It is a symptom of his illness that he grows profoundly attached to routine. He knows to wait for the bus at 7:40 a.m. and to return home at 3:45 p.m. Some Saturdays, he picks up his lunchbox and backpack, ready to go out the door. Explains Choudhry: "He can't talk, but I know he's asking, 'Why can't I go to school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does This Boy Deserve Asylum? | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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