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...stands 4 ft. 5 in. (135 cm) tall--and Jo worries about obesity all the time. She worries about the health consequences of Renee's weighing too much, the ones she has experienced throughout her own life. She worries about her daughter's being teased or ostracized on account of her weight, just as Jo was teased and ostracized as a child. And she worries that she's not doing enough--or that she's doing too much--to change things, as she tries to avoid the mistakes she feels her parents made during her childhood. Most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighty Issues for Parents | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...Sulukule will destroy its culture, which is premised on communal life. Extended families share homes and form musical ensembles, using the streets as their rehearsal rooms. "Sulukule presents a unique way of life," concluded an urban design research team from University College, London. "That has to be taken into account and preserved when a new development for the area is being introduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Constantinople's Gypsies Not Welcome in Istanbul | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

...despite the warm welcome, Rowling, by her own account, did not feel entirely in her element...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rowling Charges Grads To Accept Failure, Cultivate Imagination | 6/6/2008 | See Source »

...Most statements that supported the theory that Hussein had access to or the capacity to build chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons did not take into account the disagreements between intelligence agencies as to the credibility of the WMD allegations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer: Senate Report on Prewar Intelligence | 6/6/2008 | See Source »

...affairs is inevitable. The fact is that we live in a society ruled by an invisible hand, not a philosopher-king. Those who take care not to make waves and to avoid situations in which failure is possible, can parlay their Harvard diplomas into a very sizable bank account...

Author: By Brian J. Rosenberg | Title: Risking It All | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

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