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...milestones only when I?d hear of some media cross-promotion - a tributary rivulet of books, CDs or DVDs - which often meant playing hectic catch-up. Now I go to the Internet Movie Database at the start of a year and see whose centenaries are imminent. (Click on the birth year of any celeb, and you will find IMDb?s chronological list of every showbiz figure born that year. Another helpful service of the movie website I rely on most avidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling at 100 | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

Callen, according to Hine, revolutionized healthcare and education by teaching other women about prenatal care, birth control, diseases and necessary inoculations for children...

Author: By Sarah R. Lieber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Fellow Discusses Jim Crow-Era Institutions | 3/24/2004 | See Source »

...profound questions about this dichotomy. Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ only highlights a dangerous trend among many religious Americans: to read the Bible as accurate history. Recent polls show that 60 percent believe biblical accounts as historical facts. More Americans believe the Virgin Birth occurred than that evolution is scientifically valid. The Pope is reported to have said about The Passion that “it is as it was,” despite previous Vatican criticism of literalists who read the Bible as history. Here is what the Pontifical Biblical Commission wrote...

Author: By Alan M. Dershowitz, | Title: Testing Religion's Historical Claims | 3/23/2004 | See Source »

That's what Ruth Marlin, 40, of New York City found even at the family-friendly International Planned Parenthood Federation. After giving birth to her second child, 15 months ago, she was allowed to ease back in part time. But Marlin, an attorney and a senior development officer, was turned down when she asked to make the part-time arrangement permanent. "With the job market contracted so much, the opportunities just aren't there anymore," says Marlin, who hates to see her $100,000 law education go to waste. "Back in the dotcom days, people just wanted employees to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case For Staying Home | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

Each love affair is its own life. And whether its span is that of a mayfly or a Galapagos tortoise, it has a life cycle of birth, growth, maturity, decay, death. And possibly rebirth? Or just instant replay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Do I Love You? (I Forget) | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

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