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Equally important, an old love can spark a passion that renews the couple's memories of their youth. "It's almost like we're 17 again, and we can explore things together--except that we're 53," explains Mike Hagen of Midland, Mich., who reconnected five years ago with Vivian Menko through Classmates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Chance At Love | 6/12/2006 | See Source »

...served with a tuna fillet and another was shared with the table. And she did scoop up every bite of her dessert, an espresso granita with whipped cream. Still, De Laurentiis turned down nearly all the many alimentary offerings routinely presented to famous chefs by fans and job seekers. Except for two bites of chocolate someone made for her, De Laurentiis ate nothing from the many gift platters. In Mischel's terms, she has acquired "self-regulatory competence": she can cool the gluttonous impulses activated in our lizard brains when we see food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2 Thin Chefs | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...play - there are no back stories here and no discernable motivations - they are left stranded and wandering. Kline is particularly bereft in this regard. He's no longer detecting; he's the show's chief of security and he can't find anything useful to do in the narrative, except make little stabs at improvised humor that are never funny and are often embarrassing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prairie Home Miscalculation | 6/9/2006 | See Source »

...feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment being here, because I’ve banged chicks in every school in the Ivy League except Harvard,” said MacFarlane-turned-Quagmire. “You are by far the toughest to get into...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Family Guy' Makes Senior Class Laugh and Cry | 6/8/2006 | See Source »

...Again the key seemed to be eating less red meat, cream and butter, but it was based not so much on cholesterol as on saturated fat. Reason: saturated fat increases blood cholesterol. So eggs, high in cholesterol but not in saturated fat, were taken off the forbidden list, except for those people with the most serious cholesterol problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat Your Heart Out | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

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