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Edition: Jun 15, 2001
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HOME & GARDEN Crew-cut grass is out, and the shag style is in
Now that we've seen the return of shag carpeting, guess what's next?Get ready for a more tufted turf.Homeowners tired of mowing their yard every week are opting for grasses that grow slower and look better a little shaggy.
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Gorging's toll: 6 pounds, 18 cholesterol points
Barbecue will bite you back. I knew that I would commit some major diet infractions during my month-long research for this fraught-with-fat project. But by the end, even a hedonist such as I was startled at how piggish I'd been.
Also on the menu
Most of American barbecue can be summed up with the four dominant regional styles, but not all of it.
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Hot spots are now cool Wildfires give way to wildflowers at national parks
For vacationers heading out West this summer, it's a burning question: Will last year's devastating wildfires affect the trip?The answer: Go ahead and fire up the family roadster.
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Paris to Marseille via high-speed rail just became faster
The seaside town of Marseille is only a quick trip from Paris now, thanks to the TGV Méditerranée, a new high-speed rail service.
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Where there's smoke, there's Steven Raichlen
Steven Raichlen once spent three years traveling 150,000 miles across five continents to study man's ancient fascination with fire and meat.
When you just have to have the chopped pork shoulder
Are you one of the deprived millions stranded outside the barbecue belt, with nary a smokestack in sight? Don't bust a gut. Some of the nation's top joints sell their smoked meats, spice rubs and sauces via mail order.
Start with a rub, splash with a sauce
One of the joys of home barbecuing is that it lends itself to personal expression. But before you stamp your signature on a secret sauce or rub, it helps to start with a fail-safe basic recipe and build from there.
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10 great places to hear country music
Thousands of country music lovers are kicking up their heels alongside their heroes in Nashville this weekend at the 30th Annual Fan Fair.
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Tricked out 'Tomb Raider' Rover steals show 'Lara Croft' Cover story, 1E; movie review, 15E
LANHAM, Md. -- How human, to want what's not available. The movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, opening nationwide today, should make the point firmly.
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Calif.'s Bonfante Gardens is a natural wonder Hit the trails or twirl about in a garlic bulb at a new theme park that hails horticulture
GILROY, Calif. -- If you seek shrill summer thrills, the sort provided by gravity-defying roller coasters and clothes-soaking flume rides, Bonfante Gardens Theme Park proudly disappoints.
Contorted look isn't dangerous for these very special trees
GILROY, Calif. -- At first glance, the Circus Trees of Bonfante Gardens appear to be freaks of nature or plastic sculptures.
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MOVIES Here's your first whiff of 'Monsters, Inc.'
A preview of monstrous proportions will appear before Disney's cartoon adventure Atlantis, opening wide today (review, 15E). It's the first trailer for Monsters, Inc., the much-anticipated Nov.
Etheridge unearths pain in her new memoir and CD
Melissa Etheridge is holding nothing back right now.In her new book, The Truth Is . . . My Life in Love and Music (Villard, $24.
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