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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...than an orange, and lacking the potassium of a banana or the dietary fiber of an apple. Don't get me wrong, grapes taste great. But there are plenty of other things that taste great that we don't have in the dining halls. (Chocolate bars come to mind.) And if you're such a big fan that you can't wait to make it home for the holidays where (presumably) a juicy bowl of your favorite fruit awaits your arrival, I'm sure there are several varieties of grapes on sale this week at Sage's or Star Market...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Through the Grapevine | 11/18/1997 | See Source »

Slattery's change of heart was prompted by a combination of doubts about his original vote and by the controversial verdict in the Louise Woodward murder trial. Whatever Slattery's thought process, his willingness to change his mind in the face of great opposition is commendable. "I just don't want to be lying in my bed at 12:01 a.m., 15 years from now, knowing that someone is being put to death, that I helped create the mechanism for putting that person to death and not being sure that person being put to death deserved what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slattery's Switch: A Profile in Courage | 11/18/1997 | See Source »

...that they can accumulate points as they gamble and redeem them at Harrah's casinos from Reno, Nev., to Joliet, Ill., and Atlantic City. The Total Gold card is nothing less than a bold attempt to create the first national gambling "brand." "There is no question in my mind that we have the biggest database in the industry," says Harrah's president and CEO, Phil Satre. "It allows customization on a mass basis. I want the customers to feel that we recognize them and reward them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW CASINOS HOOK YOU | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...naming of months, weeks and days has become a commercially necessary but persistently annoying epidemic. In case you missed them, here are just a few--just a few, mind you--of the November monikers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

This is probably not what Bill Gates had in mind when he promised that computers would change the way we live, work and play. Cosmopolitan magazine's new Virtual Makeover CD-ROM ($39.99) may be geared to women looking for a quick, noncommittal way to experiment with their hair and makeup, but it's being sold by Sega Soft as a coed toy. And once America's protogeek sees what a good stylist can do to spruce up his look (those bangs! that pallor!), we're sure it will find a home on his hard drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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