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...different angles, whether from above or the sides. Wraparound frames that fit snugly against your face are most effective at closing off these open spaces. Even those large Jackie O frames that have come back into style are a good choice because they cover all of the eye socket and surrounding areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching Out For A Shady Deal | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...smart living up and running in rural Hertfordshire, just outside London. When I visit, specialist construction company Laing Homes is showing off a beautiful five-bedroom home that in part replicates the Cisco template. The house comes with built-in Cat 5 network cabling; each room has a socket that can accommodate a phone, computer, audio speakers and webcam. You can access the Net or listen to your stereo from anywhere in the house. Sarah Bailey, Laing's sales and marketing director, says the wiring ensures the house "can be upgraded to any level of wiredness that the buyer desires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Simplifying (?) Our Lives | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

UNBREAKABLE BULB INVENTOR: GENERAL ELECTRIC Light bulbs last longer these days, that is, if you can get them into the socket before accidentally breaking their delicate shell. GE's Saf-T-Gard incandescent bulb is the first one that's completely shatterproof. Its Teflon coating means the glass may crack, but the pieces stay together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...names have flown out of my head before I even reach the bean dip? What does it mean if I walk into a room on an errand of some kind and discover that I can't remember if I came in for a dictionary, a soup spoon or a socket wrench? After a certain age, does everyone's cranial zip disc start to fill up? Or worse, can mundane, mid-life memory glitches actually be warning signs of such later-life dementia as Alzheimer's disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Improve It: The Battle To Save Your Memory | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

...some cancers, packs a wallop of vitamin C and even boasts fluoride for the teeth. A Harvard study this year found that a cup of black tea a day cuts the risk of heart attacks by 44%. What's more, caffeine freaks, jangly from coffee's finger-in-the-socket jolt and drop, are coming to appreciate the smoother caffeine boost of black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tea Time Once Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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