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...back home. A large box of Cheerios cost more than $12. But it was the meat counter, she says, that "really threw me for a loop." There she discovered roast beef for about $16 a quarter-pound. That made McBain wonder whether her husband, an advertising executive, should uproot their family and accept an offer from his company to transfer to Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BANGED-UP BUCK | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

...leaders of Israel's settlement movement are preparing for a fight over Netzarim, and have called for "active resistance," as yet undefined, to any effort to uproot the hamlet. Given Rabin's position, the campaign may be , premature -- but not by much. "Anybody with brains in his head knows that when it comes to the final status," says Dromi, "some settlements will have to go." Netzarim will probably lead the list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surrounded by Enimies | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

...will be difficult for anyone to uproot Serb warlords from the areas they now control or to open the way for former Muslim residents to return. The U.S. and its allies are still unwilling to use force, despite the apparent success of their ultimatum to halt the shelling of Sarajevo and their attack on four Serbian aircraft earlier this month. Moscow is pushing the Serbs, but it may not be willing to shove. "I have carrots for everybody," said Russia's Churkin last week. "I don't use sticks." At best, the Bosnians may someday get back half of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hint of Spring in The Balkan Tangle | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...afraid of them and wouldn't let them land their ships. My first job was to run for the L.A. County Democratic Central Committee." But, he says, "Ronald Reagan had caught on to me through Nancy's astrologer. She told him I was going to ruin everything, uproot his legacy. All his scandals about Iran-contra would come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinkering with Madness | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

WHAT LOS ANGELES ATTORNEY MICKEY WHEATLEY HATES IN A garden is the big showy blooms that most everyone else loves. So three years ago, right after buying his first house, he set out to uproot the prize roses the previous owners had planted. While neighbors looked on in horror, he tore out the camellias too. In their place he put California poppies, fragrant sage and drought-tolerant manzanita. "Where everything is lush and green, maybe it's appropriate to grow roses," explains Wheatley. "But here it just doesn't feel right. For me it's almost a spiritual thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gardening Nature's Way | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

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