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...failure was a deeply personal failure with Monica Lewinsky, and it's a failure of discipline. I mean, this is a man who knew that ... for years there were people out to get him, and he, even in that environment, didn't have the personal discipline necessary to avoid creating a problem that ... for all of history will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kind of Temperament Is Best? | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...that paper hoping that it would start tasting like something. But was I wrong to wish I could taste more?“Supertasters” are those who experience heightened sensations from food and beverages. They are extra sensitive to bitter tastes, textures, carbonation, and spice; tend to avoid foods such as spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and strong coffee; and often abstain from bitter beers and bold wines. They often refrain from eating rich and fatty foods because they dislike the sensation that slick, creamy foods leave in the mouth. They find the bubbles in carbonated drinks especially irritating...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Matter of Taste: The Super Palate Curse | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...congressional staff - but was soon moved back to his campaign staff. After terminating their relationship and then firing Allen in January of this year, Mahoney allegedly paid her and her lawyer $121,000 -along with a promise of a job at a media firm - to keep her quiet and avoid a sexual-harassment lawsuit. Allen has refused comment to ABC News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mahoney's Florida District Has Sex-Scandal Déjà Vu | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...Nicaragua's small feminist organizations. The minister of women's affairs in Paraguay's new left-wing government, Gloria Rubin, whipped up a media storm in August by calling Ortega a "rapist" and protesting his invitation to President Fernando Lugo's inauguration - an event Ortega eventually skipped to avoid the heat. A week later in Honduras, Selma Estrada, minister of the National Institute of Women, resigned her government post in protest over the official invitation of Ortega to Tegucigalpa. And in El Salvador, feminist leaders are asking their government to declare Ortega persona non grata before he's scheduled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Ortega vs. the Feminists | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...made a decision to "find a solution" and asked for others to respect her privacy - the president's problem with the women of Latin America continues to grow. Last week in Honduras, Ortega had to sneak in through the back door of a Central American presidential summit to avoid feminists who were waiting for him out front holding pictures of his stepdaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Ortega vs. the Feminists | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

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