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...other to gain possession of a disemboweled calf carcass, the axiom starts to make sense. The game is simple enough: grab the calf from the ground at one end of the field, hoist it over the saddle bow, circle the flag at the opposite end of the field and drop it back in the original chalk circle to score. What makes it difficult is that every other man on the field - and at big events they may number in the hundreds - will do anything to prevent that from happening. I've met quite a few politicians in Kabul who identify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's National Pastime | 11/25/2006 | See Source »

...service (during which he co-piloted B-24 bombers), but his only official work was an uncredited story gig on the 1947 Christmas Eve. "I'd go to California and try to write scripts," he told Tibbetts, "but then return, broke, to Calvin. Each time they'd drop me another notch in salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Robert Altman | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...could eliminate trans fats from our diets and replace them with natural fats, we could possibly drop rates of type II diabetes by 40 percent,” Willett said...

Author: By Virginia A. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Aims to Eliminate Trans Fats | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...test case cited as justification for MADD’s policy is New Mexico, which made the locks mandatory after a driver’s first DUI. The New York Times implies that the devices are responsible for N.M.’s 11.3 percent drop in alcohol-related fatalities last year, despite noting that “New Mexico was not the only state to record a decline in alcohol-related motoring deaths” and that other states “showed even bigger drops.” Furthermore, the rule did not take effect until June...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Drunk Until Proven Innocent | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...best advice is the one your mother would give: Don't get into a car with perfect strangers, and if their driving makes you uncomfortable, ask them to drop you at the nearest bus or train station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiking In Cyberspace | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

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