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That love of people, of life, found expression in Len's absurd generosity. Contrary to the general assumption, his cellar was not especially well-stocked, because he was always drinking the stuff. Not drinking; sharing. Len must have poured more great wine down unsophisticated throats than anyone in history: I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man in Full | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

Heat waves bring out the same kind of self-delusion. Scott Sheridan, professor of geography at Kent State University, has studied heat-wave behavior--focusing particularly on seniors, who are at special risk in hot weather--in Philadelphia; Phoenix, Ariz.; Toronto; and Dayton, Ohio. He found that less than half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Don't Prepare for Disaster | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

As anyone who has drunk seriously with Japanese, Indian, South Korean or Taiwanese executives can aver, whisky doesn't merely enjoy a healthy market across large swathes of Asia - it boasts armies[an error occurred while processing this directive] of well-informed connoisseurs. Head south, however, and aficionados are thinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Distilled Wisdom | 8/16/2006 | See Source »

Barbara Ehrenreich's Essay about boys goofing off at college while girls are overachieving was nothing more than the flip side of the stories during the 1950s and '60s that claimed women went to college only to find husbands [July 31]. I didn't care to be stereotyped that way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 21, 2006 | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

FUNNY, HE NEVER SEEMED SOBER Got a good script for a wisecracking fiftysomething with a weakness for schmaltz? California A.A. meetings might be the best place to shop it. In the wake of Mel Gibson's clumsy tumble off the wagon, ROBIN WILLIAMS has announced that "after 20 years of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 21, 2006 | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

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