Word: america
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...findings suggest that despite the progress that has been made in addressing racism in the America, we may still be perpetuating prejudice in subtle ways - and, if Weisbuch's findings are validated, in ways that we may not even realize. "Human beings are thinking, cognizant, conscious beings who can be strategic and intentional," says John Dovidio, a professor of psychology at Yale University who wrote an editorial accompanying Weisbuch's study, published Thursday in Science. "But we are also kind of emotional and we do a lot of things without full conscious awareness. What this research suggests is that although...
...country of nearly the same name in Latin America provides a slightly more sketch (read: illegal) but certainly more profitable quick-cash scheme...
...sidled up to the issues facing the country but has confronted them directly - pumping billions into an economy in free fall, putting 50,000 more troops in Afghanistan, pushing toward a universal system of health insurance, beginning the fight against climate change, reactivating government regulatory agencies, transforming America's image abroad from arrogant bellicosity to comity. And he has done it all in a dignified and thoughtful fashion. Bestowing a Teddy Award - this column's annual attempt to celebrate political courage - on President Obama is a no-brainer. May he stay bold even as election season approaches. (See pictures: "Eight...
...civil, and essential, Republican Party. (No health care reform Teddys will be issued until the final vote, although Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon certainly deserves one for his bipartisan efforts over the years, the most creative work on health reform that I've seen.) (See TIME's "Making of America" cover story on Teddy Roosevelt...
With my place as a great historian secured, I moved on to my runner-up. I picked the person I think is the best chef in America, Thomas Keller. In a decade when food became both entertainment and politics, when obscure ingredients filled grocery-store aisles, when I had to go outside in zero-degree weather to suck in air in order to keep from barfing after gorging on 22 courses at his restaurant Per Se but then ate four more courses, Keller led the way by focusing on being the best instead of hosting a Food Network show...