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...Born in Bar Harbor, Me. and raised in Nashville, Tenn. and Xenia, Ohio. DuBois' stepfather is a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church; his grandmother took part in the 1960 Nashville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joshua DuBois: Obama's Pastor-in-Chief | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...Chinese swamped the market," says Subhash Gorwaney of Khazana, which manufactures wooden educational toys, "They offered similar products, more variety, unbelievably low prices, but also lower quality." He added that the competition has not been without benefit. Indian manufacturers "have changed their methods, introduced innovations, and overall the bar has been raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Launches a Toy Trade War With China | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...Consider the case of Baltimore copywriter Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin, of Big Love) and bar manager Alex (Justin Long, that cute guy from the Apple commercials). They meet while she's eagerly stalking his friend Conor (Kevin Connolly), a real estate broker she had one mediocre date with. Alex takes her hand and gently explains the rules of the game: "If a guy is treating you like he doesn't give a [expletive], he genuinely doesn't give a [expletive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Just Not That Into You, and Neither Are We | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...haven't been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you've missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot of pop vocals suddenly sound great. Better than great: note- and pitch-perfect, as if there's been an unspoken tightening of standards at record labels or an evolutionary leap in the development of vocal cords. At the other extreme are a few hip-hop singers who also hit their notes but with a precision so exaggerated that on first listen, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...devoted the past 20 years to resurrecting the criollo strain and its gene base. "After I survived a rampant cancer, I decided I was going to do what I really loved," he says. "I used to be in insurance. Can you imagine?" (Watch TIME's video, "Bacon Chocolate Bar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Choroní: The World's Best Chocolate | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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