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The role of Mrs. Claus is played by First Lady Rosario Murillo, who doesn't waste much time knitting stocking caps, but is terribly efficient at keeping the elves in line while Santa naps. Most Sandinistas know the best way to avoid the proverbial lump of coal in their stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Where Every Day is Christmas | 7/18/2009 | See Source »

Sears Holding Corp., which runs both the Sears and Kmart department stores, is running a Christmas promotion a full five months before Saint Nick leaves the North Pole with his reindeer. On both the sears.com and kmart.com homepages, customers are invited to "Shop Christmas Lane," and are directed to deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kmart's Christmas in July: Inspiration or Desperation? | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

All this happens at a time when Harare cannot supply safe water to its citizens. Had it not been for international relief organizations, many fear, the death toll from the cholera outbreak would have been much higher, perhaps into the tens of thousands. Cholera-related deaths per day have since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even with a New Government, Conditions in Zimbabwe Worsen | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

Newbies in the know, however, can rent equipment from REI, EMS, locally owned camping stores or Lowergear.com which ships via UPS. As for comfort, outdoor stores are catering to first timers by stocking items like queen-size inflatable beds with a pump that plugs into a car's DC outlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camping for the Hotel Set | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

But through the endless processions, photo ops and briefings, Obama's warmth rose above his cold. He grabbed throat lozenges for the motorcades. His staff began stocking his podiums with glasses of water. Behind the scenes, the White House medical unit was surely lending a hand too. At every stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Obama: At Home Abroad | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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