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...part of his morning routine, he ate an English muffin with grape jelly and drank coffee from a Styrofoam cup, then sat down to his drawing table and the long, white Strathmore board with the five-inch-by-five-inch panels in which he drew the daily strip. "He attempted to be ordinary," recalls Clark Gesner, author of the musical "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown." He wanted to be what he thought he had always been - a regular person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passages: The Life and Times of Charles Schulz | 12/28/2000 | See Source »

While Daley is a strict taskmaster--he is at his neat desk at 7 a.m., fires people who don't measure up and gets even quietly--he's a popular boss. He dines at his desk off Styrofoam, rides up front with the driver of his government car and thinks a perfect night on the town is a thick steak at the Palm with his son William Jr. (A second son died of lung disease when he was eight years old.) He's a neighbor of Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Fred Thompson in a downtown condo and visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Man Who Wouldn't Be Vice President | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...which, all told, sell 1.5 million cups of coffee and almost 4.5 million donuts every day--this is a far cry from the corner grocery. As if that weren't enough, they don't pay all their employees a living wage and they've been known to use Styrofoam...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Sic Transit Dunkin' Donuts | 2/23/2000 | See Source »

Trash is getting bulkier, according to the audit. Fluffy materials like wrappers and boxes from late-night snacking and packing material like styrofoam contributed to this trend...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Trash Becomes Treasure: EAC Divines Solutions in Harvard Waste | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...Lulu, a self-proclaimed "personality" from the free-bimonthly rag Stuff at Night, emceed the evening. Sporting a form-fitting black dress with glittering green styrofoam martini olives in her hair, she announced in her introduction, "My name is Lulu, not olive head...

Author: By A.m Taub, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Quest For The Best: Bartending Battle at the Blue Cat Cafe | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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