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From that blend one great work after another has emerged, all of them different, most of them hovering between the abstract and the recognizable. From time to time over the years Puryear has even edged into producing recognizable objects. As early as 1981 he made Desire, a giant wagon wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man of Mysteries | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

What Wal-Mart does matters--certainly to its 1.35 million U.S. employees but also to its competitors, since Wal-Mart ends up effectively setting wage rates in retailing. And to organic farmers, whose industry has been turbocharged by the company's decision to promote organic foods; and to refrigeration manufacturers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restoring Wal-Mart | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Perhaps The Crimson Staff missed her central point about pornography being part of the cultural construction of sexuality. MacKinnon directly attacked any assumption that human sexuality springs from some “natural” or non-social wellspring. MacKinnon stated categorically that sexual desire (on the part of both...

Author: By Shauna L. Shames | Title: ‘Pondering Porn’ Missed Point of MacKinnon’s Speech | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Vietnam's pro-girl campaign depends on changing the attitudes of its own post-war baby boom - nearly 60% of the population is under 30 - who are now busy starting families. It's an uphill battle, but the country's previous success at changing attitudes is encouraging. Thirty years ago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam's Girls Go Missing | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Gao, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1993, is uniquely qualified to air the dirty laundry of China's communist leaders. For 13 years, he worked as a researcher in the party's central archive, poring over personal correspondence and classified communiqués. He is no average apparatchik, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saint and Sinner | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

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