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...that they're looking into taking legal action against the network. "Of course this must have consequences. Our lawyers are looking into this very carefully," Sabine Weber, a Scientology spokeswoman in Germany, tells TIME. She says she has only seen clips of the film, but at times she couldn't help but "laugh out loud." She refers to a scene in which the achievement of the state of clear is celebrated with alcohol, calling this "unthinkable." In another scene, the film depicts what could best be described as a Scientology penal camp, which Weber says doesn't exist. To voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, Scientology Outrage Over a Critical Film | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

...This is higher-order learning, and it takes multiple trials to learn," explains Sheryl Smith, a professor of physiology and pharmacology at Downstate. Prepubescent mice mastered the task quickly. Postpubescent mice also did quite well. But mice in the throes of puberty, which occurs at age 5 weeks, couldn't seem to get it through their furry little heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Puberty Make You Stupid? Lessons from Mice | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...decision and the stigma that comes with it have deferred dreams of a Gowanus renaissance, if not quashed them altogether. During the past decade, as the real estate boom drove New York housing prices higher and higher, there seemed to be no land in the city that couldn't somehow be salvaged. The city joined local activists to zero in on the Gowanus Canal, hoping it could become the anchor for a neighborhood renewal. Several developers announced plans to construct new apartments; Whole Foods, a harbinger of upward mobility, purchased a nearby parcel. In recent years, sightings of jellyfish, cormorants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Brooklyn | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...police and military. Abdallah Jahama, a Bedouin council member who had served as a Member of Parliament under the ruling National Democratic Party, said he knew of "more than 50" Sinai Bedouin who were serving in the police or army. But when asked to name one, he couldn't. And when asked to provide a Bedouin soldier's telephone number, he provided his own - a fact that proved embarrassing a moment later when the reporter called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Sinai: Egypt's 'Mexico' Problem | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

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