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...couple of dozen college campuses to hand out mock financial-aid forms with an invitation to cut the high cost of college by buying at Ikea. Bed Bath & Beyond offers college-bound shoppers a handy checklist that reminds students not to forget, among other things, the toaster oven, popcorn maker, snack table, blender and, that campus sine qua non, the George Foreman grill. Meal plans be damned. And after a few early attempts, gift registries for the college-bound caught on this year too. Wal-Mart, for example, rolled out its College Wishlist in July. Now students can pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dressing Up The Dorms | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...have crates, you don't have anything"). He also purchased dishes, pots, pans, a 25-in. TV and a PlayStation2. But once Bixenmann was on campus, what really caught his eye was another student's stiletto-shoe-shaped chair. But he drew the line at another's espresso maker: "I thought that was a little too much of a frill. You know what I mean?" Yes, Kyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dressing Up The Dorms | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...Certainly John Kerry would not relish it. Maybe that's because Kerry has been in combat, while Bush makes war only from the remove of the presidency. To make people forget that he didn't go to war himself, Bush states that his job is to be a "decision maker," as if to say that that's all the country needs in its President. If Bush wins, it will prove once again that politics is not moral. Pascal Gendreau Paris Brink of Destruction After reading Simon Robinson's World Watch item "Slow Going in Darfur" [Sept. 6], I was very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/3/2004 | See Source »

...Agost Benard, a credit analyst at Standard & Poor's in Singapore. But political honeymoons tend to be short, and the feel-good factor could easily fade if first impressions quickly prove unfounded. After that, the new President will have to answer to voters like Riza, the laid-off backpack maker, who says he'll vote with his wallet in the next election, too, if Yudhoyono doesn't surpass his predecessors in creating jobs. "We will try to find a new person who is better than him," Riza says?demonstrating once again that democracy, like second marriages, represents the triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's New Deal | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...ANYONE HAS EARNED a front-row seat along the runway, it's Elsa Klensch. Known worldwide for her 20-year CNN program, Style, she is an opinion maker in the fashion world. This month Forge will publish her first novel, Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15. TIME talked with Klensch about her tips for looking fabulous past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Passion For Fashion | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

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