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...this time Paul was driving race cars for an old friend of his, Bob Sharp, and it was on the way to a race at Lime Rock that Paul mentioned our salad dressing adventure. Bob suggested that we meet with his friend Stew Leonard, who owned a big supermarket in neighboring Norwalk. We subsequently had lunch with Stew, who warned us (as we had heard many times by now) that his attempts to sell celebrity products had fizzled. "If your dressing is really good," Stew said, "you've got a good shot at it since you'll sell the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...been perusing fashion magazines recently and have stumbled across a spread of Jennifer Lopez, awash in Louis Vuitton and sexually submissive male models. If you haven’t, here’s a synopsis: her calves and hamstrings are as taut as her leather skirt. Her cheekbones look sharp enough to cut diamonds. She makes my stomach feel like a tilt-a-whirl. In a good...

Author: By Dan Gilmore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: View from the Pop | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

...world--and American society in particular--simply become a more destabilizing place in which to raise children? Probably so. But other factors are at work, including sharp-eyed parents and doctors with a rising awareness of childhood mental illness and what can be done for it. "While we don't know exactly why the incidence of psychopathology is increasing in children and adolescents, it probably has to do with better diagnosis and detection," says Dr. Ronald Brown, professor of pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicating Young Minds | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...problem - was shown the door, the normally intrigue-prone Tory M.P.s quickly rallied behind one man: shadow chancellor Michael Howard, 62, who seems likely to become leader this week unopposed. But can this football-loving lawyer do any better than Duncan Smith? Howard, the son of Jewish immigrants, has sharp elbows and broad experience in government. He held Cabinet jobs both under Thatcher and her successor, John Major. A quick-witted barrister with an excellent memory, he can give as good as he gets from Blair in the Commons. After six years in the desert, the Tories are working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Regicide Made Easy | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

...result, according to Slater, all schools face difficulty increasing black yield, but Stanford’s efforts have been buoyed by the sharp decline in blacks applying to the University of California...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Black Yield Second Again | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

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