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...dark in Harkabi's study. His face almost vanishes in the dusk, and one sees only his nimbus of white hair. ''Jewish wisdom always dealt with interpersonal problems,'' he goes on, ''and not with how a state should live with other states. We must learn to think internationally, to distinguish between grand design and policy. The Arabs' grand design may be still to destroy Israel, but their policy is different. We must deal not with the Arabs' vicious dreams, but with their policies. ''We must reopen the national debate, must think with our heads and not our hearts. We need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL At 40: the Dream Confronts Palestinian Fury | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...outdone, the Four Seasons in Punta Mita, Mexico, fourseasons.com, offers its guests one-hour tequila lessons at its cultural center twice a week. Students learn to distinguish among tequilas that are silver (or clear), gold (colored with caramel), reposada (aged for at least two months), and añejo (aged for up to three years). The tequilas are from several different manufacturers, homemade sangria is on hand to cleanse the palate, and spicy bar snacks ensure that the booze doesn't go to your head too fast. The tasting is free for hotel guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thirsting for Knowledge | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...Easy Problem, then, is to distinguish conscious from unconscious mental computation, identify its correlates in the brain and explain why it evolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...can’t college students distinguish right from wrong...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: Why, Remix | 1/17/2007 | See Source »

...Greek immigrants in the town of Chinchilla, Queensland. But when it came time for Miller to concoct his first purely animated feature half a century later, the greatest inspiration came not from Warner Bros. but from wildlife documentaries. Tickled by the fact that Antarctica's emperor penguins distinguish their mates by the unique call of their "heartsong," Miller conceived a cartoon musical. But as always, it took technology a while to catch up with his imagination. At Sydney's Animal Logic production house, a system was devised to incorporate the amphibious moves of dancers filmed in motion-capture suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rare Bird | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

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