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...reasons for the male-female sex disparity among the elderly may not be clear, but the paper shows that the problem in sex quality seems to worsen with age. Still, there is a silver lining for older women having bad or unwanted sex: men tend to die younger than women. Also, it is men's increasing physical and health problems that are most commonly cited (by both men and women) as the reason sexual activity declines later in life. (See a story about elder porn in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women Do | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Grainge is one of a trio of talented British music executives - all born within six months of each other - who have landed at the heart of the industry, even though none had any college education. Simon Cowell, the elder of the group and the only one who has turned 50, is perhaps the most famous name in the business, with a television and music operation that generates significant profits for rival Sony Music. Simon Fuller, the youngest, is the impresario who devised American Idol and managed the Spice Girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Universal Music's New Boss Keep the Hits Coming? | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

...were rotten, using government funds allotted for schools, clinics and irrigation canals to line the pockets of their own baggy shalwar kameez trousers. Their sole connection to Islamabad was through the all-powerful and often corrupt political agent, a relic from the British colonial times, who decided which tribal elder should be favored or punished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Taliban War: Bringing Back the Music | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

...since nothing gets a message across like sex, NSR says it decided to use an image it believed teenagers would equate with a repulsive, manipulative elder persuading a young person to do his dirty bidding. But the ads are repelling more than just would-be smokers. Those in the tobacco industry, and even the owners of bars, cafés and shops where the posters have appeared, are outraged over the explicit sexual message in the images. Yves Trévilly, a spokesman for the French affiliate of British American Tobacco, lamented that someone working in the cigarette industry "could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, Sex Sells — Even in Anti-Smoking Ads | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...responsibilities of the legislative branch. No longer can members of Congress convene for a few months in the spring while spending the rest of the year on their farms. The greater power has added bureaucracy and it often takes the clout and leverage of an elder statesman to push through legislation: just look at the prolific careers of Ted Kennedy or Everett Dirksen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Term Limits: No Magic Pill for Washington's Woes | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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