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...season—more than double the average individual in 1991. Ever since Coca-Cola introduced our modern image of Santa Claus to the world, consumers have been held hostage yearly by their own expectations and by the advertisers who have come to understand them. The tinsel in the window is not an expression of good will; it is a declaration that there are things to be bought within...
Swedish designer Monica Förster says that she often stares at clouds outside her airplane window and wonders what it would be like to step inside one. After learning that cumulus clouds form in the morning, then dissipate at night, she decided to create a nylon "cloud" that could serve as a quiet meeting space by day and collapse at night. Förster's Cloud is 8 ft. tall and 18 ft. long. A fan inside its carrying case inflates it in 3 min. Total weight...
When the shooting ended, one white man was dead, another wounded, and Sweet, his wife and their nine friends were facing murder charges. Their trial was a window on forces that were exploding across the U.S., including the migration of Southern blacks to Northern cities and the rise of the N.A.A.C.P., which saw Sweet's case as an ideal rallying point and brought in Clarence Darrow for the defense. Though the story ends with freedom for the accused, it was a dreadful episode and one nearly forgotten. Boyle brings it back to life brilliantly. --By Richard Lacayo
...convoy, towing a vehicle disabled by a roadside bomb, was running at slow speed, making it vulnerable to ambush. Sure enough, an insurgent with a rocket-propelled-grenade (RPG) launcher, Harding recalls, "suddenly appeared, whirled around and pointed the RPG. And all hell broke loose." The grenade pierced the window of the armored humvee on the driver's side, engulfing the occupants in smoke, blood and shrapnel. Harding yelled at the driver, Lance Corporal Andrew Halverson, one day shy of his 20th birthday, to control the spinning vehicle. Then Harding looked over at him. "I saw his body. It wasn...
...Window Of Opportunity When British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw visited Ramallah last week to leave a wreath at Yasser Arafat's grave, many observers expected the government of Ariel Sharon to protest. But Israeli officials were resigned. "We snubbed officials who went to talk to Arafat when he was alive," sighed one. "We can't very well do that to those who want to talk to him when he's dead." That tempered response reflects a new mood of conciliation. With Palestinians preparing to vote on Jan. 9 for a new President, Israel last week signaled that it will allow...