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...according to manufacturers. Anecdotally, the growth might be even more breathtaking: Those style-section stories are full of women who can't face the fact that they are, they really and truly are, a D. "Some women have gotten angry when I tell them they're a D-cup. They think that's huge," said a bra fitter in one of those upteenth style stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

...Women's unwillingness to take their bosom by the reins could stem from an unwillingness to celebrate one's sexuality, at least as it is defined by the D cup stereotype - does anyone over 30 want to be the Hooters girl, as it were? It could be that we're slightly afraid of our boobs- after all, over time they do seem to develop a mind of their own - or it could be we don't like what larger-than-average (though not that much larger than average) breasts invite: attention, whistles, shade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

...What makes breasts beautiful is malleable - which is to say, today's molded soft cup might not seem as attractive as a tissue-thin barely-there webbing in ten years. Like all other aspects of femininity, breasts are subject to the pressures of marketing and fashion and culture in addition to underwires and lace. Styles change but insecurity remains constant? we are willing to believe we're wearing the wrong bra size because, surely, something must be wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

...Amount of time before Brazil's World Cup games begin that businesses in the country close so employees can watch the matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 3, 2006 | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

...Goals tallied by soccer legend Ronaldo in Brazil's 4-1 win over Japan last week, which brought his career World Cup Finals total to 14 and tied him with Germany's Gerd Mueller as top scorer in Cup history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 3, 2006 | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

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