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...17th century, Christian persuaded Cyrano to write tender love letters for him to give to Roxane -- risky since Cyrano was also smitten with the lady. Today those who want to send a moving missive but fear they lack the requisite communications skills can order a love letter by phone, fax or mail from Love Letters Ink, a Los Angeles company for those suffering from lover's block. Founded four years ago by Martine Greber, Love Letters has written more than 25,000 letters for customers worldwide. The catalog offers selections for < lovers, friends and even in-laws, and features headings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Services: Words Can't Express . . . | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...soon he stopped running his fingers through his shaggy brown locks in despair and began to notice a trend. At every Meaningful Moment, it wasn't he, but I, who preempted any tender romantic confession with embarrassed giggles and a sarcastic qualifier...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Living The Romantic Moment | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...brain dead. Make them do something. If they can read, pay them to tutor kids who can't (then charge them rent, to get the pay back, so you're not out-of-pocket). Sound tough? Hey, Perdue's right: it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Angles Let's Get Moving! | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

...original French title Feu la Cendre would seem to be untranslatable as well, but Elvis Costello came close when he lamented "you're less tender and more tinder" in "Only Flame in Town...

Author: By J.d. Connor, | Title: Derrida's Cinders | 1/30/1992 | See Source »

...pheasant more proletarian. Back in the 1940s, Saglio's Arbor Acres farm raised some of the first of the meatier and cheaper white chickens that became a diet staple. For the past five years, he has been perfecting a broad-breasted breed of pheasant that is meatier and more tender than its wild brethren in the hope of popularizing that fowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poultry: A Bird with An Attitude | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

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