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...means is good enough for a human being, why shouldn't it be good enough for a golden retriever--or for any of our animal companions? Alternative medicine for pets may not be as widespread or well publicized as the human variety, but it's growing faster than a sprig of St. John's wort. The options for pet owners range from the surprising to the sublime, depending on how far you're willing to stretch your faith--which is, after all, a large part of what alternative medicine is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ST. BERNARD'S WORT | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...birth." Maybe they didn't get it. One way or another, as tempers heat up, Rachel Shein's ice cream shop hopes to cool them down with some new flavors: Bob Dole Pineapple, Fig Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm Cracker, Forbes Flat-Tax Fudge, and Peppermint Pattie Buchanan. With a sprig of Bay? Terence Nelan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware: Grand Old Party Headed This Way | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

...birth." Maybe they didn't get it. One way or another, as tempers heat up, Rachel Shein's ice cream shop hopes to cool them down with some new flavors: Bob Dole Pineapple, Fig Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm Cracker, Forbes Flat-Tax Fudge, and Peppermint Pattie Buchanan. With a sprig of Bay? Terence Nelan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware: Grand Old Party Headed This Way | 8/8/1996 | See Source »

Like a post-war victory celebration, the parade continues down Dunster Street. (I think I see a joyful Italian woman crying from her balcony as she throws a sprig of oregano down to welcome the soldati back home.) Bank managers at Cambridge Savings stick their heads out of their windows and cheer fervently. Ticker-tape in red, white and blue lands on our faces and on the faces of the fourteen Secret Service drag queens. As the band blares a triumphant rendition of "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard," I almost break down in tears. I am part...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Rise and Fall of a Goddess | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

Virtually the only Fifth Avenue building without even a sprig of festoonery is Saint Patrick's Cathedral. But then Christmas in New York, as in most American cities, is less a religious feast than a mercantile festival, whose motto could be "Buy now, pray later." Many retailers rely on this season for fully half their sales and profits. Similarly, performing-arts organizations use holiday chestnuts like Amahl and the Night Visitors and Handel's Messiah as surefire crowd lures. The New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker plays to more than 100,000 people each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Like New York in Yule | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

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