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...According to a 2004 national survey of 2,900 American children conducted by the University of Michigan, the amount of time spent on homework is up 51% since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Myth About Homework | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

...billion Amount allotted by Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois for a plan to substitute oil with homegrown energy products like corn-based ethanol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 4, 2006 | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...Kuwait have pledged an $800 million aid package to the Lebanese government for rebuilding projects while handing an additional $1.5 billion in soft loans to the Bank of Lebanon to shore up the nation's currency. Saudi officials believe that the kingdom's support will far surpass the amount Iran provides Hizballah and will enable Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to ride out the group's grab for influence. "You have to empower the Lebanese government so that it can reconstruct the country," says Nawaf Obaid, head of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project, which advises the Saudi government. "Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle East War For Hearts and Minds | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...largely urban county in Ohio that contains Toledo. Using school records, they assembled a finely calibrated random sample of 1,316 boys and girls drawn from the seventh, ninth and 11th grades. Finding their subjects was one thing; getting the kids to talk openly was another. A certain amount of tact would be essential. "It's sort of creepy to be talking to a woman interviewer about your sex life," admits Giordano, who is 58. Each interview was started by one of Giordano's staff, who after a few minutes would hand the interviewee a laptop computer preloaded with questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Love Lives of Teenage Boys | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...about athletes who utterly fail. On the other hand, the movie does not make too much of Papale's achievement. It indicates that he married the pretty girl and has gone on to a pleasant and useful life. It also inferentially suggests that all of us have a certain amount of untapped potential within us which, mobilized by true grit and unshakable gumption, can carry us at least a bit further than we might imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Soft Spot for the Aging Jock | 8/25/2006 | See Source »

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