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Rohmer came to film renown late - he was past 50 by the time My Night at Maud's was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. But he came into film early. Born Jean-Marie Scherer in the province of Lorraine, Rohmer moved to Paris, taught literature, worked as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Movie Master Eric Rohmer Dies at 89 | 1/12/2010 | See Source »

When the New York Times officially opened its new headquarters in Times Square in 1904, owner Alfred Ochs not only convinced the city to rename the intersection formerly known as Longacre Square, but he also threw a grand party to commemorate the milestone. The New Year's Eve soiree started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History of The New Year's Eve Ball | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

Aides confirmed he was at home but declined a request for an interview. Instead, a young man who gave his name simply as Alfred and described himself as a member of Mutallab's domestic staff handed a copy of a family statement to TIME. "Farouk, to the best of my...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Detroit Suspect: From Nigeria's Privileged, a Radical Convert | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

AFP / Getty Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was one of the banker's 16 children and the third child of Alhaji Mutallab's second wife. Born in 1986, he lived a privileged life in a country where 90% of the population survives on less than $2 a day. He was known as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Detroit Suspect: From Nigeria's Privileged, a Radical Convert | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

In 1905 French psychologist Alfred Binet began developing a standardized test of intelligence, work that would eventually be incorporated into a version of the modern IQ test, dubbed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. By World War I, standardized testing was standard practice: aptitude quizzes called Army Mental Tests were conducted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standardized Testing | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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