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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...surprising how easily Austen's novel succumbs to the conventions of a zombie flick. Much of Austen's work is about using wit and charm and good manners to avoid talking about ugly realities like sex and money. In Grahame-Smith's version, zombies are just another one of those ugly realities. "What was so fun about the book is the politeness of it all," says Grahame-Smith, who's a freelance writer in Los Angeles. "They don't even like to say the word zombie, even though their country is besieged by zombies. They're everywhere, and people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zombies Are the New Vampires | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

Sometimes the tea was bitter. Other times it was cloyingly sweet with condensed milk. But the whispered questions at teahouses in Rangoon and across Burma were always delivered the same way. Head flick to the right, head flick to the left. A nervous glance backward. No one listening, not even the waiter shuffling up to slosh hot water into our glasses? Good. What did I, as an American who had the good fortune to vote in one of the most exciting presidential races in recent memory, think of Burma's upcoming national elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Rangoon | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...surgery and just over 100 infants needed more than two before age 3. There may have been something unusual about this population of children that made them vulnerable to learning problems and required them to undergo surgery and anesthesia. "The data we have are very preliminary," says Dr. Randall Flick, Wilder's co-author at the Mayo Clinic. "It really doesn't prompt me or any of my colleagues to say we should change the way we practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Anesthesia in Infancy Linked to Later Disabilities | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...Already, the Food and Drug Administration is supporting further study of the connection between anesthesia and cognition to find such alternatives. Meanwhile, says Flick, "it's just not time yet to make any recommendations about changing practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Anesthesia in Infancy Linked to Later Disabilities | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

Sometimes the tea was bitter. Other times it was cloyingly sweet with condensed milk. But the whispered questions at teahouses across Burma were always delivered the same way. Head flick to the right, head flick to the left. A nervous glance backward. No one listening, not even the waiter shuffling up to slosh hot water into our glass tumblers? Good. What did I, as an American who had the good fortune to vote in one of the most exciting presidential races in recent memory, think of Burma's upcoming national elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Burma, Even a Sham Election Is a Cause for Hope | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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