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...feel?'" says Muzak's Finigan. Shopping psychologist Denison says growing competition for the attention of time-pressed consumers will force businesses to focus more on the total sensory experience they provide: "Retailers will have to make their stores more stimulating." The message, loud and clear: master the senses, and pump up the sales volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volume Control | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...kids moved out of the house, but now I am close to being an entrée in an exotic restaurant. Since this new arrival seems to eat constantly, I thought eating a loaf of bread and all the bagels might be endearing, but no. Chewing up the breast pump didn't go over well either. My only hope is to lay low for the next few days and then flatter the alpha male with my usual enthusiasm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jul. 16, 2007 | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...high gas prices we are paying are due not only to the increased demand by drivers but also to that by the plastics industry for crude oil. When we rein in our use of plastic, we will stop shooting ourselves in the foot at the gas pump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...pages to the heartbreaking stories of our fallen heroes, many of whom have left behind parents who do not support the war. Isn't the war in part about the future of our fuel supply? The 25% boost in SUV sales and the $130 spent at the pump show that we support the war. Setting aside the issue of global warming, how can we think so little about where all this gas is coming from? Are we a country that prizes its creature comforts over the lives of our youths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...area, is scheduled to open in July. Another plant is scheduled to break ground later this year, according to Dallas-based Panda Energy International. Together, these operations, which represent $250 million in capital investment, plan to chew up at least 55 million bu. of corn each year and pump out 200 million gal. of what President George W. Bush, Corn Belt politicians, A-list investors and farmers hope will cut the U.S.'s reliance on foreign oil, clean up the air, slow global warming, promote rural job growth and all but turn water into wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corn-Powered in Yuma | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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