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...Jacket Required If your water heater is more than five years old, wrap it in an insulating jacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: What You Can Do | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...director, giving Thailand a seat at the ongoing banquet of honor being served up to Asian filmmakers. Indeed, the new movie is being produced by Hong Kong's Peter Ho-Sun Chan, who directed The Love Letter for Dreamworks in 1999, and Nonzee is pushing the production schedule to wrap in time to exhibit the film at Cannes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pride & Passion | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...they were in a good mood. The debate was unscripted, a reminder of how the place operated in the freewheeling days when Senators actually used the brass spittoons under the antique desks. Such spontaneity is rare under majority leader Trent Lott, who does his best to precook and shrink-wrap bills before they reach the floor. But in this debate, neither side knew in advance what amendments the other was putting forward, and no one knew how most of the votes would come out. "I couldn't tell you today whether [an amendment] is going to get 20 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance: Debating For Dollars | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...Then Young decided, on a whim, to start listing the bags themselves on eBay. Her good deal and her low overhead meant she could charge less than retail stores, even after shipping costs. Soon she was doing well. Very well. That's when she decided to sell the bubble wrap itself, not just the bags. Young was already buying the stuff for her own packing needs in 750-ft. rolls. She just increased her order. By a lot. And she got a little system going. Since 250-ft. units sold best, every roll that came off the semi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Own Bubble Economy | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

...ShippingSupply.com now does a brisk business in bubble wrap, mailers, shipping tubes and plastic-foam peanuts. It has expanded twice and currently occupies 7,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Young has a staff of eight, including her husband, who quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Own Bubble Economy | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

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