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Also in Medicis' corner: plans for a Medicis-sponsored reality-TV show, The Hottest Mom in America. "It's like two 900-lb. gorillas that once each had a monopoly, slugging it out for each other's market share," says Dr. Kenneth Beer, a cosmetic dermatologist in Palm Beach, Fla., who runs a summer boot camp in Colorado that trains physicians on the latest aesthetic techniques. "It's an interesting time in the beauty business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buying Your New Face | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

Nothing, however, focuses the mind, body and spirit like the prospect of winding up underneath a 1,400-lb. palomino. The lesson in cowpoking is that the whole operation relies on getting an innately stupid animal--no, not your boss, wise guy--to execute a job that's critical to the process. To get an entire herd moving, cowboys need organizational and communications skills that are, the trainees hope, readily applicable when they're home from the range. The chief financial officer of a hospitality company, for example, said he needed to "get more done more efficiently and faster, always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horses as Courses | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Smith, 48, grew up dirt poor in the tiny east Texas town of Big Sandy, where his work ethic spoke volumes. In the summers, Smith, a self-described "hick" who turns words like curfew into care-few, picked berries, and tossed 30-lb. bales of hay onto trucks. "I can smell it now," he says, perking up in his Lake Forest, Ill., office, loading faux hay over his shoulder. "We didn't know about lifting weights. Haaaay! That's what you got." The name Lovie he got from his great-aunt Lavana, no doubt requiring him to become a very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Chicago Loves Lovie | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...find that in almost every case, 50% of the food or beverages you buy from one of these clubs is gone within the first seven days. So if you buy a 36-pack of Fritos or a 5-lb. barrel of pretzels, half will be gone in the first week. You can get around this by taking that 5-lb. barrel of pretzels and putting it in smaller ziplock bags or containers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Nibbler Nation | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...entire session was recorded on tape, and Bernstein later sent it along to the Kroks with a note saying, "The enclosed tape is rapidly becoming one of my cherished possessions," and signing it, "Twelve big hugs, LB...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leonard Bernstein | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

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