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...this point, Clinton undoubtedly suffers from the double whammy of being a Democrat and a Clinton. Even Democrats tended to chalk up her husband's religious fluency to his general political skill, the ability to be everything to everyone, while Republicans saw him as a fake who exploited religion for political purposes and pandered to voters. Now Senator Clinton, the lifelong Methodist and one-time Sunday school teacher, is in a bind: So many voters think they "know" she can't possibly be religious that when she speaks about her faith, they interpret it as pure political posturing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Poll: Faith of the Candidates | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...Other students, though, seek help from more than green beans: In recent years, entrance-exam fraud has been highly publicized in local media. Last year, two dozen students were caught being fed answers through Bluetooth headsets concealed under wigs. Earlier this month, police busted a ring issuing fake IDs to university students who were to take the test for struggling prospective scholars. The price? $2,500 - more than twice Vietnam's average annual wage. In response to concerns over cheating, authorities have beefed up security, calling in local police and even the Public Security ministry to guard exam sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stresses of Vietnam's Exam Season | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...alone on that last one. Gary Vaynerchuk's daily 15-min. video blog has 25,000 viewers who click onto his site each day to hear him describe--as he did a few weeks ago--a New World--style Spanish wine as "not obnoxiously over the top and fake as many of these types of wines are. Instead of a full face-lift and boob job and suction and all of that, maybe this just got a nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Totally Uncorked | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...friend leans over the fake wooden table with two delicately decorated pieces of cake sitting atop just as we sit in the bakery, discreetly somber underneath the cheerful exterior...

Author: By Jeanne Dang | Title: It Makes the Sweet Sweeter | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...Estimated number of hospitals and pharmacies in northeastern China that have been using fake blood proteins in patients' drips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jun. 25, 2007 | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

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