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...show CO2 emissions heading off the charts. She wanted him to find that passion again. They were living in Virginia, and the Kodak slides were gathering dust in the basement. So he pulled them out, arranged them in the carousel and gave his first show with the images mostly backward and upside down. Tipper said, "Hey, Mr. Information Superhighway, they have computers now. Maybe you should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Temptation of Al Gore | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...department. Shortly before Goodling resigned, congressional sources say, she broke down in tears in the office of a colleague. "All I ever wanted to do," she sobbed, "was serve this President, this Administration, this department." What she didn't understand then was that she had her priorities backward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Scandal at Justice | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...fight, De La Hoya's accurate blows and powerful left hook could wear Mayweather down--if he can catch him. Mayweather zips around the ring like a mosquito, throwing quick punches and darting backward before his opponent can counter. De La Hoya's trainer, Freddie Roach, is teaching his fighter to attack when Mayweather crosses his feet, which puts him slightly off balance. "Floyd is so fast, Oscar has to react to it right away," Roach says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the De La Hoya-Mayweather Fight Save Boxing? | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...poles. Hua Mei, who is in heat and (biologically, at least) ready to mate, gets another prod, pushing her in the direction of the neighboring cage where her putative partner, Wu Gong, is watching with placid indifference. Hua Mei reluctantly decides to cooperate and, raising her tail, pads delicately backward toward Wu Gong. The male panda takes one look at her proffered hindquarters and scoots over to the far corner of his cage. Turning his back, he sits down and begins munching on a stalk of bamboo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Wolong | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...when how much money a candidate raised would be a major issue in the campaign itself. I thought this might make campaign finance self-regulating: candidates would refrain from raising too much money for fear it would be held against them. Boy, did I get that one backward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Substance Gap | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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