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...going to be somewhat difficult for everybody, not just Hispanics who tend to work Saturdays,"said Fernando Romero, president of the non-partisan Hispanics in Politics, an activist group in Nevada that is not endorsing a candidate. "It's brand new and it's a hard concept to understand. You can't register early. You can't vote absentee. You can't vote any time all day. And that's what we're accustomed to here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting Big on Nevada | 1/18/2008 | See Source »

...generations no longer fit the needs of a hurried and harried middle class. "The lifestyle is changing," says Su. "People are getting more urbanized and busy, with less time to cook at home." KFC's grab-and-go menu items were a novel solution, while Pizza Hut launched the concept of eating out at a casual restaurant with the whole family. KFC opened its first drive-through in 2002 just as China was becoming a car-owning culture. In 2001 Pizza Hut Home Service began introducing the idea of hot meals delivered to the door (which might seem ironic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kentucky Fried Rice | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

During the decades that the concept of human nature was taboo in academia, many scholars claimed that romantic love was a recent social construction. It was an invention of the Hallmark-card poets or Hollywood scriptwriters or, in one theory, medieval troubadours extolling the adulterous love of a knight for a lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy Love | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...concept of designer clothing for children is not entirely new. More traditional brands like Polo Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger have been in the business for years. But more recently, fashion-forward labels, better known for their $2,000 handbags and red-carpet-worthy frocks, are starting to take a closer look at the kindergarten crowd. "So many of our friends started having babies, and they asked us for thermal cashmere sweaters for their kids," says Robert Duffy, president of Marc Jacobs International. "We started making a few items and selling them in our stores." The items became so popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downsizing Style | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Literature and Arts C-14, “The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization,” is planning such party, according the head TF Peter A. O’Connell...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Rites of Exam Grading | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

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