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...were off. Very quickly, Westport was in the rear-view mirror, and Berry announced that the bar was officially open. The BLOHARDS broke out the beer and cigars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the BLOHARDS | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

That meant making more ducks in China, Pakistan and elsewhere to lower costs. Springs can't always be cheapest, Bowles concedes. Instead she hopes that mirror manufacturing, or duplicating much of its product line domestically, will give the company a leg up. "If a customer has a spike in demand or a product starts to sell ahead of forecasting, it takes longer to get it if there's a 90-day supply chain from China," says Bowles. Her U.S. plants can ship in days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: By a Thread | 7/7/2005 | See Source »

...immerse themselves in spiritual contemplation and prayer, to free their minds of negative thoughts toward their fellow men--except Americans and their Iraqi "infidel" supporters. There will be no TV or music, says Marwan, who will have to give up his one addiction, cigarettes. In many ways, these steps mirror the self-purification that devout Muslims undergo before embarking on the pilgrimage to Mecca. "You give up your previous life," he says, "and start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...huge holes in his dressing-room walls out of frustration with a performance. Yet his colleagues speak with deep affection. Says Glenn Close, a co-star in The Big Chill: "He was a worrier, unbelievably insecure. We would always tease him about how much he would look in the mirror at himself. He said that he thought his nose looked like a potato and that he had no upper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Kevin Kline's Ultimate Test | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Horowitz will receive about $2.5 million dollars for TV and recording rights to his five-concert series. His extensive art collection--which included works by Rouault, Degas, Manet and Picasso--was sold off when the insurance became prohibititive, and replaced with a Japanese silk-screen painting and a Chinese mirror painting. The big Steinway commands the living room, when it is not on the road with him. Near by on the wall are four autographed photographs: Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Puccini and Toscanini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vladimir Horowitz: The Prodigal Returns | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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