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...Choose LEDs (light-emitting diodes) instead of incandescent bulbs to decorate your tree and home. They're more expensive, but last much longer and use 80% to 90% less power than conventional mini bulbs. LEDs, which cast a bright white light, also stay cool to the touch so they won't singe the tree-or your child's fingers. Brookstone.com's oversized multicolored LEDs-$10 per 12-ft. strand-look just like the lights Dad used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Have a Green Christmas | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...looking for, which are the usual culprits in radiation poisoning because they can penetrate steel and concrete, but alpha particles, which can be blocked by a single sheet of paper or a layer of human skin. If they get into your bloodstream, though, alpha particles will destroy everything they touch. The Chernobyl occurs inside. This is not a nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Spy Who Knew Too Much | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...devoted to preparing drinks has been reduced by a quarter and re-engineered to conserve movement and space. Vertical shelves set into the wall help keep workers in one place as they reach for syrup bottles and tea bags. By the door are bins of coffee beans customers can touch and smell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Gulp at Starbucks | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...Students identified with the fact that we want to put the council back in touch with the everyday concerns of students,” he said...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt and Rachel B Nolan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Petersen, Sundquist to Lead Council | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...Wilder is known for his light touch. He is a director who takes extremely difficult subject matter and then treats it with a light touch that does not trivialize,” says Conley...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: "Billy Wilder Centennial" | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

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