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...student to leader, but she has been equally attentive to the task of breaking Dumbledore down, from a divine father-figure to a mere human. Her insistence on this point is a reflection of the cosmology of the Potterverse: there are no higher powers in residence there. The attic and the basement are empty. There may be an afterlife, and ghosts, but there is certainly no God, and no devil. There are also no immortal, all-wise elves, as in Tolkien, nor are there any mystical Maiar, which is what Gandalf was (what, you thought he was human? Genealogically speaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Potter's Last Adventure | 7/21/2007 | See Source »

...Discovered by a student in the attic of a Paris pharmacy in 1867, the saint's purported remains were declared authentic by the Church before being sent to Chinon in 1876. The town played an important role in the saint's life as it was at the royal court of Charles VII in Chinon where she convinced the king to send an army to defend the city of Orl?ans from the invading English. Leading these troops into battle, St. Joan later emerged victorious from the siege. The tests on the relics took around a year to complete and were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How St. Joan Was Sniffed Out | 4/8/2007 | See Source »

...when Germany declared war on the U.S.), as well as correspondence from his U.S. relatives and a university friend, New York's Nathan Straus Jr., the son of the Macy's department store's founder. The Franks began their two years in hiding in an attic above Otto Frank's office in July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Otto Frank's Letters Discovered | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

...Until then, the sarcophagus is a little like your great-great-great-grandmother's precious pearls, which the family knew were somewhere in the attic, and finally turned up when someone went digging. You knew they were there; you found them again. The family is free to believe that they are worth millions; but an objective gem assessor might apply a tougher set of criteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The St. Paul Discovery: Body or Soul? | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...must in order to meet current expenses--and keep paying on the life policy. But if you're inclined to let your life insurance run out or surrender it for its cash value, consider a life settlement first. Like finding something of value amid the junk in your attic, you'll be happy you didn't just toss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Extra Value | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

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