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...better: even customers who are as green as the Lorax want Scottish salmon and Colorado lamb on their table. And the chef, who's tried bland farmed salmon and the gnarly chops from the farm up the road, doesn't blame them at all. (See TIME's photo-essay "From Farm to Fork...
Then there's Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the former presidential hopeful and Senator from North Carolina. Her Stage 4 cancer is incurable, but she and John Edwards have decided to separate, reportedly at her behest. (See TIME's photo-essay "Married for 50 Years: Love Ever After...
...public moral dilemma. Should it pay the $3.5 million the informant was reported to have demanded - which the media said could help the country recoup some $140 million in lost tax revenue - or turn down the offer because it amounted to rewarding criminal behavior? (See a TIME photo-essay on East Germany...
...newly unearthed document or deep philosophical revelation. Not so. In an absurd introduction seeking to defend the decision, Nabokov’s son Dmitri waxes at turns cloyingly idolizing, stridently resentful, and distastefully self-aggrandizing in his memories of his father. He concludes by asking the question his entire essay has been begging: “But why, Mr. Nabokov, why did you really decide to publish ‘Laura’?” The response: “Well, I am a nice guy, and, having noticed that people the world over find themselves on a first...
Waived Application Fee! No Required Essay! Priority Scholarship Considerations! Quick Admission Decision!” These are not the spectacular exclamations of the newest credit card offer or online university. On the contrary, these advertisements are emblazoned on the front of University of the Pacific’s Distinctive Candidate Application. These garishly-colored papers comprise one of 30,000 such mailings sent out to high school seniors, offering students the opportunity to apply to college using a pre-filled application that doesn’t require an essay or candidate profile—just a signature. This method...