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...there are some stumbling blocks. The men who tested the spray-on condom had a few hesitations, Krause says. Some were "a little bit afraid to use the tube" and would only try it on their fingers. Others worried that the mechanism, which hisses as it sprays, might ruin the mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

...often as men: they haven't had as many role models. In Galveston, Texas, five-sevenths of the city council is female, and Lyda Ann Thomas is the city's third female mayor. "The first was in the 1970s," she says. "I think the male population was a bit surprised at the fact that a lady was elected mayor, but that opened the door for women. Somebody had to start the trend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cities Where Women Rule | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

John McCain's campaign has been working overtime to ridicule Barack Obama as "the One," the rock-star celebrity with adoring fans, the politician with the chutzpah to announce his candidacy in a speech about Abraham Lincoln. So it was a bit surprising to watch the opening of McCain's town-hall meeting in York, Pa., on Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't Candidates Be Celebrities? | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

...Star-Spangled Banner" played, Phelps finally cracked. He said it all started to sink in, and he got a bit misty - being the world's best Olympian will do that to you. "I was just sort of trying to focus on my next race, but you know, I just kept thinking, 'Wow, Greatest Olympian of All Time," says Phelps. "It's a pretty cool title, I guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Phelps: A Real GOAT | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

King, though a willing partner, is a bit more cautious about the experiment's potential for success. "I kind of soft-pedaled everybody's expectations for this," he says. "People who surf the Net are hop-toady about it. They'll find something and alight on it for a while, and then their interest wanes and they'll go somewhere else. It's so quirky as to what's going to work and what's not." And though, as one of the top-selling fiction authors of all time, King doesn't have to worry about selling books in large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen King, Ready for Download | 8/12/2008 | See Source »

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