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Forgive my blasphemy, but it is time we did away with this antiquated idolatry. More myth than might, "Harvard" is nothing more than a 7-letter name tag for a great school. This false Wizard of Oz not only exploits the misguided piety of its followers, but by worshipping it, we are cheating ourselves of billions and billions of dollars. Harvard already rakes in the big bucks by plastering donors' names on every building, bookshelf and ashtray on campus. Think of the money that could be raised by auctioning off a change in the biggest name...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: The Politics and Power of a Name | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

...JUICE? Preschoolers who guzzle as little as 12 oz. of fruit juice a day tend to be fatter or shorter than their peers. Why? At the expense of more nutritious foods, kids fill up on liquid that's packed with sugars, albeit natural ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 27, 1997 | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...make public appearances as the voice behind Snow White, believing that it would spoil the illusion. Instead, demonstrating a cheery optimism that would have done Snow White proud, Caselotti pursued her own path, taking up opera as a professional singer, playing a bit part in "The Wizard of Oz" and investing in real estate and the stock market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snow White Dies | 1/21/1997 | See Source »

Consumers nationwide should be able to decide for themselves by 1998. And they will have something else to consider besides the label's warning. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a 14-oz. bag of regular Ruffles potato chips costs $2.99. A 13-oz. bag of MAX Ruffles in the same store sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SECOND ACTS | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

What Congress member or Administration official dares inform these people that for years they have been getting more than they deserved? "Everyone right now is standing like the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, pointing in both directions and looking to see who goes first," says Ari Fleischer, spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee. "Clearly this reform will not be successful without President Clinton's leadership," says William Roth, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Clinton, however, has only asked his economic team to evaluate the report of that panel, which was headed by Michael Boskin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INFLATION MYTH | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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