Word: greening
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...camcorder market sewed up. Each has a choice of cameras in the high-, medium- and low-price range. Expect to pay up to $4,199 and to get what you pay for. Real professional quality means a camera with three CCDs--that is, three separate prisms to capture red, green and blue light--and a shotgun microphone, like the one boasted by the $2,500 Canon GL-1. But, hey, who said anything about professional quality? This is the Blair Witch era, after all. Grain is chic. Save your pennies with a serviceable Canon Ultura ($1,200) or a Sony...
...growing beyond the pot and showing up in everything from cosmetics to candles. Avon has a supersize tea bag for the tub; Kiehl's uses it in makeup, Clairol in hair mousse. The hipster set is buying Red Flower candle and tea sets. In August, Elizabeth Arden launched its Green Tea fragrance and body line. Upscale apothecaries stock Tea Thymes home and bath products, while mass-market drugstores are moving Coty's hit, Healing Garden's green-tea line...
...what's brewing here? Tea once was regarded as a bitter-tasting second choice to coffee by most Americans. But in the mid 1990s, interest perked up when studies suggested that the drink, particularly green tea, can ward off some cancers, packs a wallop of vitamin C and even boasts fluoride for the teeth. A Harvard study this year found that a cup of black tea a day cuts the risk of heart attacks by 44%. What's more, caffeine freaks, jangly from coffee's finger-in-the-socket jolt and drop, are coming to appreciate the smoother caffeine boost...
With all these gourmet delights, tea drinkers are finally learning what it takes to make a decent cuppa. Gone are the days when it was O.K. to drop a bag in hot water and let it stew to a pulpy mess, creating an overbrewed, bitter cup. Each tea variation--green, oolong and black--requires a different steep time and water temperature. Real enthusiasts prefer loose tea strained through infusers, which makes for a stronger, finer brew. Still, there's no need to become Martha Stewart to make tea. "It's not about getting it right, but what you like," says...
...millennium is almost here--unless you're watching The Green Mile, in which case the old millennium may drag on a decade or two. This year was bueno for Spanish speakers (All About My Mother, Latin pop), but not so good for the Irish (the malarkey of 'Tis). New technology emerged (MP3), but old shows still charmed (Kiss Me, Kate). When a century passes, we look to artists to celebrate what we've learned as a society. Then again, it's still the year 4697 in China, so the lessons can wait. Herewith our lists of the entertainment events...