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...make the case that excellence is not always a function of exclusivity. Some kids end up getting into Harvard and then turning it down because of the $30,000 tuition or the lecture-hall class sizes or because in the course of the hunt they conclude that they would fit better elsewhere. And in making their choice, they get to make their own statement about what is important in an education, and even teach their parents some lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Harvard? | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

Several weeks after the attack, the witness is still trembling. "Everyone knew trouble was coming," the man says, describing the day last month that haunts him still. A fit-looking fortysomething wearing a T shirt and jeans, the man was a volunteer working on a half-completed church in a suburb of Hangzhou, a picturesque lakeside city 112 miles southwest of Shanghai. Financed by local Christians, the church was to serve a community of 5,000 parishioners. Hundreds of them gathered at the site on the afternoon of July 29, some joining the construction crew building the church. Others, many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War For China's Soul | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...safe distance. Asia boasts plenty of sites in urban areas, or within striking distance of major cities, that are home to many species of colorful birds. When you're done with meetings or can't face[an error occurred while processing this directive] another day of shopping, fit a long lens on your camera and go grab a glimpse of some of these feathered assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wing It | 8/16/2006 | See Source »

...floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was the sleeper hit of 2005. It tells the bittersweet, perfectly observed story of Lee, a quiet Midwestern girl who tries, with decidedly mixed results, to fit in at a breathtakingly preppy Eastern private school. To the surprise of many, not least its publisher and its author, Prep spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Barely 1 1/2 years later, Sittenfeld, 30, put out a new novel: The Man of My Dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prepping for Love | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

...Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping That's the agenda behind all the bra-size propaganda you're hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ana Log: Aug. 21, 2006 | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

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