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...woman, and you are wearing a bra, you are probably wearing the wrong size one. That's what they say. According to "experts," "industry studies" and "surveys," anywhere between 70% 85% of women are treating their breasts badly, either shoving them into too-small cups or allowing them to float freely in a draping sling. The statistic's origins are murky - some cite a Victoria's Secret poll, others something from the Wacoal brand. But it has been quoted back to me by friends, colleagues, interns. It sounds true. "Eighty percent of American woman are wearing the wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

...cultural upheaval, the sisters' own personal and sexual lives come into focus. Kate becomes repelled by her sister's flirtatious way with older men though she learns herself just how easy it is to seduce a male companion. Little else is easy in these interesting times. Revolution seems to float in the humid air, and a minister warns the girls that "Hong Kong is facing sinister times." Bombs kill innocent civilians. The girls enter into sexual liaisons. Secret pacts are made. Borders are crossed. In Hong Kong, the heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World In Between | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...travels, the more one stays in the same place." Indeed, by now, the Interstates' uniform signages - emblazoned with the system's own red-white-and-blue shield icon; others proclaiming speed-limits and upcoming exits; and still others touting McDonald's, Best Western, Exxon, BP, and Wendy's - float through our subconscious like so many branded Jungian archetypes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Interstates Turn 50 | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...build and can accommodate 4,375 passengers. How tough was the 160,000-ton ship to build? Imagine trying to combine all the services of a four-star hotel with the navigational mechanics of a commercial airplane and the security concerns of a small city. And make it all float...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whale of a Boat | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...more than 17,000 years, the bestiary of the Lascaux cave in southwestern France survived the ravages of history, unseen and undiscovered. Entering it now is like walking into a time capsule, where 12-foot-long bulls and plump yellow horses appear to float across the vaults like religious apparitions. Although the draftsmanship is strikingly Modernist--on exiting the cave in 1940, Pablo Picasso is said to have remarked, "We have invented nothing"--these creations are remnants of the Upper Paleolithic Age, when our hunter-gatherer ancestors acquired the gift of consciousness and a knack for nature drawing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle to Save the Cave | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

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