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...Jarrett Rice move into their new home in Benbrook, Texas, this fall, it will look like no other house on the block. Designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, who is also known as the creator of teakettles and toilet brushes for Target, it will feature a bold, angled roof, dormer windows and a country-cottage feel reminiscent of 19th century architect Andrew Jackson Downing. Aside from its traditional style, there are several major differences between this and other Graves homes. Designed as a "kit house," it was crafted in a factory owned by Seattle-based Lindal Cedar Homes and shipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homebuilding: Prefab Rehab | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...Estimate given by Florida contractors to clear two trees from the roof of an Orlando house in the aftermath of hurricane Charley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Aug. 30, 2004 | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...fences, and after 15 minutes, I need a powerful tranquilizer, the kind they'd administer to a horse. Or a little girl could pick up a hockey stick and sense its potential for violence, and thus 10 years later, I have a 6-ft., 180-lb. defensewoman under my roof who loves to bang into people and knock their molars loose. My daughter is no shrinking violet. The other day I saw the little darling try to throttle a 6-year-old boy. She threw him down and was about to kick him in the pancreas. I called her name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daughter Dearest | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. Volvo, meanwhile, just launched an all-new wagon, the V50, featuring the automaker's typical sturdiness and premium safety. The burlier Volvo XC90 (with a V-8 on the way) also earns high marks for crashworthiness, with an enhanced crush-resistant roof, a roll-stability system and inflatable side curtains. Volvo's parent company, Ford, is launching a pair of crossovers, the Freestyle and Mercury Mariner, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shrinking SUV | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Paris in vintage 2CVs. Dargnies got the idea for his outfit, 4roues-sous-1parapluie, (four wheels under one umbrella, an allusion to the car's simple canvas roof) last spring when he was stopped by throngs of tourists while driving his own gray 2CV in Paris. "It just clicked," he remembers. He experienced his car's pulling power again in the fall while driving from Paris to Berlin. "It's a French icon like the beret or the baguette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Horses, One Icon | 8/25/2004 | See Source »

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