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...York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree each year see a piece of arboreal splendor. What they do not see is the arduous, meticulous process of getting it there, a job largely left to New Jersey landscaper Marc Torsilieri. For 25 years Torsilieri and his team felled the Norway spruce--usually 80 ft.--plus--and prepared it for moving by hinging lower limbs and scurrying to its upper extremities to tie up delicate branches. After hauling the evergreen in a giant tractor-trailer, with a police escort, he helped decorate it with 30,000 lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 2, 2007 | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...transactions were rentals as opposed to sales. Because the program offers three-month leases at 9% of the purchase price, the gallery has seen a wide variety of renters, from art students leasing their professors' works to beginning collectors and, increasingly, home stagers?people hired to spruce up a house on the market to increase its chances for sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Leasing Life | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...Publicolor With schools in frequent need of repair and revitalization, Publicolor encourages volunteers to help spruce them up. It's an innovative program that serves to transform public spaces in neglected schools and neighborhood facilities through the powers of vibrant color and organized collaboration. Publicolor volunteers work in teams to paint classrooms, cafeterias and more. Visit www.publicolor.org for more information on getting involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of One: Resources | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

...acre. Su claims to know little about Deng or politics: "I only know that the policies now are good, so that we can get rich." Montreal, Canada Aug. 2, 1976 It is an Olympiad of contradictions. There she stands, poised on the balance beam - a 4-in. strip of spruce, 161/2 ft. long, 4 ft. above the padded flooring. The palms of her hands are coated with gymnasts' chalk that is as white as her uniform, as white as her face. She is an infinitely solemn wisp of a girl, 4 ft. 11 in. tall, a mere 86 lbs.; dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time For Change | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...you’ve already mastered Pine for your e-mail inbox and outbox. But why stop there? That oh-so-graphic rich internet application can help you see if your crush from section is online and ready to chat, and generally spruce up your macking skills. For those lovelorn technological incompetents out there, here’s the breakdown—nice and simple. At the “fas%” prompt, type in the Unix code “finger,” followed by the username of your on-campus sex god to find...

Author: By Grace H. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amazing! | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

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