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...caramel), reposada (aged for at least two months), and añejo (aged for up to three years). The tequilas are from several different manufacturers, homemade sangria is on hand to cleanse the palate, and spicy bar snacks ensure that the booze doesn't go to your head too fast. The tasting is free for hotel guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thirsting for Knowledge | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...giant U.S. construction company Fluor, is trying to extend such cooperation to other industries. So far he has persuaded some of his rivals, partners and customers to join an anticorruption initiative, which now has more than 100 signatories. "I am seeing change, although clearly it is neither enough nor fast enough," Boeckmann says. "But there is now an ability and a willingness to talk about the issue that wasn't there before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Endless Cycle Of Corruption | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...matter how many time I read predictions of China's bright future, I still worry about my country of birth. My parents are both laid-off workers because of China's economic reforms, so I am not so optimistic. China is developing fast, but it has a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 12, 2007 | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...that talk of horseback riding, surfing, chewing tobacco, playing wide receiver at Columbia University, growing up in Wyoming, getting tattoos, marrying an Italian model and never eating during camping trips until he catches a fish will do that to a guy. So when I found out that the Fast Eddies we downed in the members-only club he co-owns in Manhattan Beach, Calif., also did him some damage, it was reassuring. But then I realized that the shared hangover is a performance device. It's a weakness that Fox lets his audiences see, like his characters' crying bouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost's Sensitive Action Hero | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...appellate court, citing a 1980 rape ruling based on the English common-law idea of "the initial de-flowering of the woman as the real harm," unanimously ordered a new trial, essentially stating that how fast was not the issue, nor was whether the accuser had said no during intercourse. In Maryland, rape is determined at the beginning of the sex act, and therefore consent is officially given at that point. The court wrote, "It was the act of penetration that was the essence of the crime of rape; after this initial infringement upon the responsible male's interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time Limit on Rape | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

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