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Shakespeare knew and lived Falstaff’s wisdom. The author of the most sublime tragedy and poetry is rumored to have died in a ditch, syphilis-ravaged and drunk, at the ripe old age of fifty-two. He lived, unlike the cautious creatures of the modern bourgeoisie, not wisely, but too well...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: Life Kills | 9/11/2007 | See Source »

...Show Your Emotion. We all know tennis players are supposed to exhibit good manners. But when fighting Federer, it's a good idea to ditch the game's unwritten rules. "I'm talking first point, first set, Roger makes an unforced error, pump your fists and shout," says Courier. "Just to let him know you're there to win, not just to play close. Sometimes you have to rattle the cage." Like Tiger Woods in golf, Federer preys on his opponent's reverence for him. Perhaps it's no coincidence that the player who has had the most success against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Ways to Beat Roger Federer | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

Designer bags may make such taxes and prohibitions more palatable. But even Hindmarch concedes that her canvas tote has its limits. "I have five kids," she explains, which adds up to a lot of groceries--and she's still not willing to ditch the plastic when bringing home a smelly fish or other items with leak potential. But the combination of stylish looks and too-thin wallets may drive real change. Thousands of shoppers camped out in Dublin in July to get a Hindmarch bag. And many of this season's trendy $15 eco-tote bags have been selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Paper, Plastic or Prada? | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...force base. Machine-gun fire echoes around the property. Fighter jets roar overhead. On one of the facility's three courses, each hole is named after a historic battle, and on the 157-year-old Championship Course - the longest and most difficult Open venue in Britain - a water-filled ditch zigzags through the course like a World War I trench, and cavernous sand traps dot the landscape like bomb craters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf is Hell | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...female students have been just as active, if not more so, as their male counterparts in the madrassah's six-month-long anti-government campaign. However, the presence of perceived innocents serves as a protective shield for the mosque leader - and could serve him as a last-ditch propaganda campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storming the Red Mosque | 7/10/2007 | See Source »

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