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...seeing an alarming number of young women who enter my office hating their bodies and starving themselves to achieve an unattainable ideal. Any movement to stop this travesty should be lauded and supported. If Madrid outlaws the use of dangerously thin models in fashion work, perhaps that could begin to force those responsible to adapt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2006 | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...begin with, I just liked the idea of telling a kind of detective story where the son finds out about his father after he passed away. The father didn't want to talk about the war. I was reading his last interview the other night, and the reporter was asking him tough questions, but the father just kind of said, "Oh, I don't want to comment on that." It gave you a good picture of what kind of man he must have been--very reserved. He didn't want to revisit the flag raising, much less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Burden of Heroes | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

When my roommates and I learn about an impending visit from any of our parents, we immediately begin “parent-proofing” our room with the same focus and determination as if we were preparing for a hurricane. We come just short of boarding up our windows. You know what I’m talking about. You want to make sure your room meets your parents’ lofty expectations, devoid of anything that might reveal your “alternative” lifestyle. While you may have worked harder on it than, say, your senior thesis...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: The Visit | 10/13/2006 | See Source »

...enabled to do it. Society can create the environment where this takes place, but the fundamental thing with human beings is self-employment, for someone to unleash their own potential, to unwrap that gift of one's self and find out who you are. With credit, people can begin to create income and improve their lives. If the right to credit is established first, then it makes other human rights easier to achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paving the Way Out of Poverty | 10/13/2006 | See Source »

...make the adjustments and learn how to make an impact. To begin with, he has sought instruction from Dawson, and he plans to move forward from there...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Amazing Voyage of Cheng Ho | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

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