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...cases against the companies, and since then the telecoms have in some cases refused to help the U.S. intelligence community further. Bush has said he will veto any bill that doesn't grant the telecoms immunity. The Democrats are split on the issue. Smart money bets the Democrats will cave again - the only question is how much they fight before doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comity in Congress — for How Long? | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

...hips as indicators of a woman's ability to bear and nurse children--though most don't think about such matters so lucidly. Women see a broad chest and shoulders as a sign of someone who can clobber a steady supply of meat and keep lions away from the cave. And while a hairy chest and a full beard have fallen out of favor in the waxed and buffed 21st century, they are historically--if unconsciously--seen as signs of healthy testosterone flow that gives rise to both fertility and strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Romance: Why We Love | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...hips as indicators of a woman's ability to bear and nurse children-though most don't think about such matters so lucidly. Women see a broad chest and shoulders as a sign of someone who can clobber a steady supply of meat and keep lions away from the cave. And while a hairy chest and a full beard have fallen out of favor in the waxed and buffed 21st century, they are historically-if unconsciously-seen as signs of healthy testosterone flow that gives rise to both fertility and strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Love | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

...baby, we wouldn't interfere," he explained. "But only in the second case was it clear that the mother was acting strangely." In Vilma's case, Encke said that the zookeepers didn't have a timely indication that the cubs were in danger: they are reared inside a darkened cave, and the zookeepers do not enter to see them until they are six weeks old. Despite an infrared camera and sound recording device inside the cave, the zookeepers noticed too late that the cubs were no longer making any noises. Only after they heard the mother banging against the bars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Polar Bear Cub Quandary | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...case of the second mother bear, Vera, was different, Encke explained. She was seen pacing nervously, throwing her cub outside the cave and trying to bury it. She appeared to grow more agitated when a group of photographers arrived. "We were 100% sure that the baby was going to die if we didn't take it away from her," Encke said. "This would have been a death verdict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Polar Bear Cub Quandary | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

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