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...tried old-fashioned cloth diapers with her first child and gave up on them because they were too messy. "When she was soiled, there was major spillage. It wasn't pretty," Brown recalls. "But the new kinds are much more functional. I'm not a huge green fan, but I love that I'm leaving less of a footprint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diapers Go Green | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...Whole Foods stores. There is one catch: the component to be flushed needs to be swished around in the toilet before it goes down. But the diapers come with a certain cachet: Julia Roberts, mother of twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 3, and 7-month-old Henry, is a big fan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diapers Go Green | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...While it’s often noted that athletics are big business, many people continue to hold on to the notion that professional sports is just a game. This is the basis for so many fan complaints about exorbitant salaries, increased commercialization, and deteriorating moral standards in today’s sporting world. But if professional sports was “just a game” as they say, then big conference colleges and prep high schools wouldn’t be sending scouts to under-15 basketball games, and 13-year-olds wouldn’t be getting offered...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: More Than A Game | 1/6/2008 | See Source »

...weird thing," says Edward Hirt, an Indiana University psychology professor who has studied fan behavior. "Fans' emotions are often conflicted, which is even surprising to themselves. The Pats offer a kind of win-win situation. You can root against them, but you kind of wouldn't mind seeing a perfect season. And if they lose, you'll enjoy seeing them get their comeuppance." As for that drab, villainous coach everyone supposedly despises: Belichick's trademark hooded sweatshirt is now the top-selling Patriots merchandise item. The hoodie! "I wish I was getting a cut of the sales," says a smiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parsing the Patriots Paradox | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...degree we've lost it, and I wouldn't write it off yet - goes back to after the first Afghan war," Zinni says, when Washington neglected the Afghan-Pakistan border roiling with insurgents. "We put them in a bad situation that we helped create," Zinni says. "I'm no fan of this Administration, but you can't criticize this Administration for what they inherited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Bhutto's Death Leaves the U.S. | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

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