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...surely anachronistic now. Even Adam Smith said that when men of the same trade meet they conspire against the public. Friedman's thinking provides a rationalization for government to turn business loose and empower it to monopolize the market, exploit the consumer and pollute the environment. HARRY L. COOK Ashland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 25, 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...with commuters, each isolated in private thoughts. Or maybe it's the presence of Haruki Murakami, whose writing illuminates isolation both cosmic and urban. In this collection of previously published work, he revels in his favorite theme. Witness "The Year of Spaghetti," in which the narrator spends every day cooking pasta in a pot "big enough to bathe a German shepherd in," though there's no one else to cook for. A woman phones, but he dodges this potential entanglement, dooming himself to yet another solitary meal. "Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be," he muses, "if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Asian Books of 2006 | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

...also find step-by-step instructions for creating a "silver bell" wreath using old soda cans and fishing line. McFaddenFarm.com, meanwhile, sells handmade garlands and wreaths of fresh bay leaf (harvested from the hills of Northern California, where it grows wild) that provide more than enough herb to cook with for six months or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Have a Green Christmas | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...lawyers to become more vocal." But Mo Shaoping, a veteran defense lawyer, says Gao's political activities-such as hunger striking and signing petitions-may have spooked the authorities into tightening restrictions. Like many in the field, Mo is both a philosophical and tactical gradualist. "If you want to cook a frog, you can't just throw it into boiling water," he says. "If you do that, it just flies out of the pot. You have to start with cold water and turn up the heat slowly." Despite their differences in approach, Mo quickly accepted a request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Quest for Justice | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...rows—is inhumane. Hoopes said that in such operations, hens are confined to a standing space of 67 square inches, often resulting in broken bones and mangled feet. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) currently buys its eggs from battery cage farms. According to Steve Rivers, a cook in Annenberg Hall, the freshman dining hall uses about eight gallons of eggs per day. Crista R. Martin, a spokeswoman for HUDS, said yesterday that she did not yet have enough information to comment on the cage-free eggs issue. Last spring, Dartmouth College became the first Ivy League institution...

Author: By Kelly Y. Gu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cage-Free Eggs Campaign Takes Off; HUDS Meeting Is in the Works | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

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