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Iranian human-rights activist Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. A judge who was dismissed from the bench after the 1979 Islamic revolution, she is now a lawyer who works to promote press freedom, spotlight gender inequity and child abuse, and defend dissidents against Iran's theocratic regime. Ebadi, 58, whose memoir Iran Awakening is out this week, spoke with TIME's Jeff Chu about the Nobel's impact, Iran's nuclear ambitions and her daily relaxation ritual...
Miriam Naples of Plain City, Ohio, warmed a bench for months while her 6- and 11-year-old sons took skateboarding lessons. "I was always looking out of the corner of my eye wishing I were on board," says Naples, 47. She kept wondering whether her sons would be embarrassed. So she asked them. The response: "How cool...
...will contest the verdict by asking the judge to overturn the jury’s decision, the Indianapolis-based company announced yesterday. If its request is denied, the firm will appeal the ruling. And Eli Lilly will challenge the enforceability and validity of the patent in another District Court bench trial, the drug company said. “We are confident that we will prevail in the trial court and the verdict will be upheld by the appeals court, if Lilly files an appeal,” Ariad’s chairman and chief executive, Harvey J. Berger, said...
...leave, Yu firmly shakes my hand, and then strides purposefully back to her factory bench in her black flight suit, finishing up another day’s artistic work at Yu Industries...
...bright side, the Crimson received stellar contributions from its bench. Junior catcher Justin Roth notched his first collegiate home run with a three-run shot in the eighth, while Stack-Babich had a double and a home run in his two at-bats...