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...number of commercial vendors peddling their wares at the fair. Alongside the portable hot tubs and incredible vacuum mops (as seen on TV), lies the Miracle Blade 2,000. Slicing tomatoes at an alarming rate, the salesman counts off the numerous features of this precision cutlery. Unimpressed? Stare in wonder as he begins sawing away at a steel hammer with the "knife that never needs sharpening". Buy one receive four free steak knives, all conveniently packaged in plastic...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: Party 'Til The Cows Come Home | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...book puts it, "iron-eyed"; her gaze is an Old Testament judgment, her love a demon that can crush those it enfolds. The actress and the character share intelligence and passion, but in many particulars Sethe is the anti-Oprah. If Sethe were a talk-show host, she would stare down her guests and say, "You think you've had troubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bewitching Beloved | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...climates, and covering almost 75% of the planet. The oceans encompass 97% by volume of all the earth's living space. Nearly half the world's population lives within 60 miles of the sea. The thing is in our forgotten history and our chromosomes, which may explain why people stare at the ocean with such sweet, vacant yearnings. Stare long enough, and you can embrace the whole world with your eyes. Even then, you are taking in only the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SYLVIA EARLE : Call Of The Sea | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...Latin music," I said with the kind of fixed stare ahead that would have made Rasputin look like a Dalmatian puppy...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: Equal Opportunity Fetishes | 10/1/1998 | See Source »

...study, published in the medical journal Circulation, was started by Dr. Walter C. Willett, Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition, and lasted from 1986 until 1994. More than 40,000 male volunteers from the healthcare industry participated in the study...

Author: By Benjamin G. Delbanco, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPH Doctors Find Two Minerals May Reduce Risk of Stroke | 9/24/1998 | See Source »

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