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...threat until he got a call on Dec. 14 from Prof. George: Nava had been assaulted and was at the University Medical Center. At the hospital, Nava explained his story. "He described to us, in really creepy detail in retrospect, how it supposedly happened," Gergis recalled. "He said, 'Their breath was so distinctive; if I could only smell everybody's breath, I would be able to pick them out.'" George added that they had no reason to doubt Nava's story. Nava, he said, was a residential college adviser, Religious Life Council member and a good student who seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tale of an Ivy-League Hoaxer | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

Japan's all-time box-office champion is 150 ft. (46 m) tall and has gray skin, opposable thumbs and very bad breath. Since he first lumbered onto the silver screen more than half a century ago, Godzilla has been the star of 27 feature films and countless documentaries, television series, animated cartoons, video games, comic books, T shirts, action figures and lunchboxes. There have been other Japanese movie monsters - lots of them - but only Godzilla has his own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monster Success | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...unifying figure like Aquino, without the usual political baggage that accompanies experience, was what the Philippines needed at the time. Obama presents himself as a figure whose crossover appeal can help bridge the gap between those in the blue and the red states. He is a much needed breath of fresh air in the musty corridors of power. Cheers Echevarria-Leary, PINOLE, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

This efficient and portable way to sense chemicals—toxic or benign—may make the largest waves in medicine as a noninvasive diagnostic device through “breath analysis.” Its high sensitivity can be manipulated to detect certain chemicals in the breath indicative of conditions including diabetes, ulcers, colon cancer, and cystic fibrosis...

Author: By Maeve T. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tiny Chip Could Solve Real-World Problems | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...this and previous albums, Ringo defies the rock convention best articulated by Neil Young: "It's better to burn out/ Than to fade away." Ringo's compositions convey an upbeat personal philosophy (sample line: "You've got to love every breath that you breathe/ Look at the sky and believe"). Unsurprisingly, such sentiments bear a distinct resemblance to the tenets of the 12-step programs devised to help alcoholics and drug addicts. He and his wife have been clean-living since they checked into rehab in Arizona in October 1988; cocaine and alcohol were reputed to be their downfall. Ringo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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