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...medical procedure; I was making the argument that something done in a mall next to a Cinnabon can't truly be dangerous. But just between the two of us, he thinks of me as a youthful person. I guess that makes me feel more youthful. I hardly ever do complain [about my age] because I think that's one of the things you should not do. But when I let down my guard and say that I do want to do something, he'll say, "But where do you need it?" I'm smart enough not to point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beth Teitell: On Not Looking Old | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...telling exchange: Deputy Commissioner John Glass, who worked under Monegan, told Branchflower he was "livid" after a Palin staffer, Frank Bailey, went outside the chain of command and called a state trooper in far-off Ketchikan to complain about Wooten. Why had Bailey called the trooper? Because, Bailey said, this trooper had gone to church with Sarah Palin back in Wasilla, so he felt "comfortable" talking to him about Wooten. Glass, too, tried to sound the warning that continuing to pressure anyone and everyone in the matter would end in "an unbelievable amount of embarrassment for the Governor and everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Troopergate Report Really Says | 10/11/2008 | See Source »

...that would have disqualified the match, had they been public. However, there is a heavy responsibility on the groom: if he has relatives who could have observed the disfigurement by checking out his fiance in the womens' bath but neglected to do have them do so, he can't complain. This suggests (feminist complaints notwithstanding) that culpability in sub-prime crisis does not lie solely on the mortgage broker who glided over the fact that payments ballooned in the third year; but also on the buyer who happily neglected to read the fine print: : "Ignorance of the facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Financial Crisis: What Would the Talmud Do? | 10/10/2008 | See Source »

...memo implied, that's also his Achilles' heel. As the face of America has changed, so has the face of American racism. Old-fashioned antiblack bigotry still exists, but today, far more than 20 years ago, white Americans are likely to associate dark skin with foreignness. When Americans complain about school integration now, they're often referring to the children of immigrants, who are forcing their school boards to spend millions of dollars on English-as-a-second-language programs. Were Helms alive today and updating his notorious "white hands" ad, he might blame not African Americans receiving racial preferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Barack Obama American Enough? | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...never heard Jay or Tune complain,” sophomore Jeff Lee said. “They never whine and when times get tough, they put their heads down and battle through it. They keep us on our goal of getting to the Eastern finals...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tune and Connolly’s Leadership Keeps Harvard Afloat | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

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