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Now McGovern is hoping to solve the biggest mystery of all, which is where and when the Eurasian grapevine--the species from which 99% of the world's wine is derived--was first taken under cultivation. For unlike the ancient ancestor of modern corn, which has been traced to a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Vintage | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

I could say I smoke for the same reason I do many things I write about in this column: out of nostalgia for times, and cultures, and pleasures, and bad habits of a more glamorous day. I could say I smoke because my father did, and his mother, though both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: The Great American Smoke | 11/22/2003 | See Source »

Those converging on the streets of Miami contend that the FTAA would in reality increase poverty rates, discard laws protecting the environment and public safety, and weaken democracy and local cultures. They add that the plan would shed U.S. jobs and hurt farmers.

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Funded By IOP, Students Study Trade Summit Protesters | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

Edward Said’s assault on orientalist thinking changed the way that societies examine foreign cultures, four experts said last night in memory of the deceased author.

Author: By Saritha Komatireddy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Reflects on Said’s Legacy, Orientalism | 11/18/2003 | See Source »

Said, an academic, journalist, writer and activist for Palestinian causes, died in September of leukemia. His 1978 book, Orientalism, critiqued western conceptualizations of eastern cultures.

Author: By Saritha Komatireddy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Reflects on Said’s Legacy, Orientalism | 11/18/2003 | See Source »

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