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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such mistakes have taken their toll through the departure of some once-loyal customers, particularly those with an eye for the latest trends. Tara Feinstein, 35, a free-lance journalist, recently browsed the aisles of a Nordstrom store in Woodland Hills, California, shopping for clothes for her three-year-old son. She walked out with two $20 T shirts and a sense of disappointment. "I remember being very excited when Nordstrom came to Southern California in the 1980s, and I shopped there exclusively," she recalls. "Now, when I think of Nordstrom, I picture brown and drab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOSING ITS LUSTER | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...children a wide variety of experiences rather than depend on artificial delivery systems. That is why learning in the real world is so powerful for young children, and computers, which merely deliver a "virtual" experience, may be appropriate for older students but not younger ones. WILLIAM L. RUKEYSER Woodland, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 24, 1997 | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...SuperSonic Ear $20; Wild Planet Toys; ages 5 and up The idea is for kids to use this groovy parabolic-dish gun and headset to listen in on sounds of nature--caterpillars munching, woodland creatures scuttling--they wouldn't normally be able to hear. Neat concept. There's potential for danger--like accidentally pointing the dish at speakers while big brother is playing Metallica. But used sensibly (on nature--Yeah, right!), it could be lots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUR FAVORITE PLAYTHINGS | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

Residents and affiliates of Pforzheimer House dedicated a room to former co-masters Professor Woodland J. Hastings and Hanna Hastings on Monday, in honor of their 20 year service to the house...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: PfoHo Dedicates Room To Masters | 11/20/1996 | See Source »

...Woodland Hastings, master of Pforzheimer House through 1995, characterized the Pforzheimers as "marvelous, warm, generous, modest and unassuming." He said the family kept in touch constantly in the months following the name change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Benefactor Pforzheimer Dies at 89 | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

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