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...more detailed picture of Sutton Hoo’s original layout, even inferring the number of daggers on the king’s corpse. “The barbarian as unsophisticated was giving way to barbarian as sophisticated,” Carver said. Carver said that it is now crucial to expose the findings to the “criticism of anthropologists.” “We have not begun to try to understand the minds of the people who made these artifacts,” Carver said. Still the progress Carver has achieved has made quite...

Author: By P. KIRKPATRICK Reardon, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Series on Middle Age Archaeology Debuts | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...taking funds from public schools to subsidize gas, but as long he sees eye to eye with you on the First Amendment or public urination, you're his all the way. But that was before I became eligible to vote. Now I realize that if one issue is crucial enough, it trumps all others. Some things simply must be addressed immediately. And I have found that issue. I will cast my inaugural vote this election for the person who promises to clear up the Vegemite mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vegemite Mess | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...parties are parsing female demographics for advantage. Democratic strategists working in the Virginia and Tennessee races say married women are a key target group in both states, as they comprise a large number of the undecided votes there. A top GOP strategist says of the three crucial states: "Older white women who were raised Democrats and who are culturally more conservative and economically more populist obviously are very critical in every one of those races...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Courting Missouri's Moms | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...effective use of opposition research on McCaskill. During two debates last week he accused her and her husband, the owner of some 150 different businesses, of not paying their taxes. Negative campaigning works better on women voters than men, says pollster Celinda Lake, and late-day tactics may be crucial for Talent's hope of wooing women, because the environment is so hostile for Republicans. Shelly Bloomfield, 47, is an executive with a specialty pharmacy and the mother of two, who voted for George H. W. Bush. She says she's pretty much decided for McCaskill. "I think Talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Courting Missouri's Moms | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...thing, however. The open question is how much that impact will be felt in key races around the country. In New Jersey, Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez and Republican Tom Kean, who are both against gay marriage but for civil unions, are in a virtual tie in a crucial contest, and a Kean victory would almost certainly mean Republicans retained control of the Senate. But a Rutgers-Eagleton poll in June found 50% of people in the state favored gay marriage, while 44% opposed. And New Jersey is heavily Democratic, so it?s hard to see this decision putting Kean over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Gay Marriage Ruling Rally the Base? | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

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