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...that would not have been here before the colonists arrived. Herb gardeners can choose from 10 different kinds of basil, including licorice. Others want to plant "wild gardens" that are designed to provide food for critters. And there are ways to make more critters part of natural dacor: the Sharper Image catalog offers three different sizes of bat houses built of red cedar. The company claims each bat will consume up to 600 mosquitoes an hour; the biggest bat house will accommodate 100 bats. "You might not believe it," says Sharper Image's director of marketing Brian Peck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER GARDENING | 6/19/1995 | See Source »

...funnying it up. They opened the play in Boston to mixed reviews and a flat box office. "We knew the audience was having a delicious time," Jordan recalls. "We also knew we had our work cut out for us." They made it shorter, sharper, more actor and audience friendly. And they have smartly sustained it ever since, supervising most of the productions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MURDER MOST PROFITABLE | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...break it," he said. With both movies on hold, he returned to the main menu -- a revolving carousel offering shopping, games, sports, news, movies. He entered a computer-generated shopping mall, complete with a white stucco Crate & Barrel store and the curved glass facade of Sharper Image. He visited a Post Office shop that offered next-day stamp delivery and three-hour package pickup. He popped into the Warner Bros. Studio Store, where he ordered a pair of $10 raspberry-colored baseball caps. He visited the video-game area and played interactive gin rummy with the Willards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Prime Time? | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

...Harvard men's basketball team, looking considerably sharper than its predecessor from a year ago, opened its season on Saturday with a 78-58 thumping of Babson at Briggs Cage...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: M. Cagers Blow Out Babson in Opener | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

Panetta obviously cannot do much about Paula Jones. If he can tighten up the White House operation and make it more efficient, that might help break the legislative logjam. But not necessarily. One indirect effect of his arrival is likely to be a sharper, more partisan, more anti-Republican tone at the White House. Whether that is really what the Clinton presidency needs is questionable. Nevertheless, the change in tone was evident even last week. The President, who had previously talked sweet bipartisan reason and adaptability on health care, lambasted Dole's proposal as "politics as usual" that threw crumbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House Shuffle | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

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