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...this year. A good portion of the membership is old enough to call John McCain "Kid." Did the old-timers really go for the ultra-violent No Country and Blood enough to give those two films the most nominations? I know of some octogenarian members who'd let their grandchildren do the voting, under the theory that the job should be done by people who'd actually seen the movies. But this is, by and large, a very Generation Y, double-frappuccino list. The main exceptions are Atonement, an old-fashioned period romance with a modernist endgame, and the supporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downsizing of Oscar | 1/22/2008 | See Source »

...family where people worked in the mills. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education, she came from a family of sharecroppers, she worked hard all of her life. I loved her dearly," Edwards said Wednesday in Burlington. "She would have done anything for me, for my children, for my grandchildren, and my mother and father they were exactly the same way. They are no different than most of your parents and your grandparents. They worked and sacrificed so that you could have a better life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edwards in Iowa: Closing With Class | 1/2/2008 | See Source »

According to Kristen Hawkes, a professor at the University of Utah and the originator of the hypothesis, grandmothers in “hunter-gatherer” societies were able to provide the key carbohydrates for their grandchildren, thereby giving those offspring an evolutionary advantage...

Author: By Kevin C. Leu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chimpanzees Don't Get Menopause, Study Finds | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

Illustrating a book your mother wrote for her grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Best Chores to Outsource | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...this day, when I go to my parents' house, I go searching for that tape. I know that I'll never be able to find it. The fact that the Reporting Center is now part of StoryCorps at the Library of Congress means that the participants' great-great-great grandchildren can someday hear their ancestors' voice, which is extremely important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Isay: Tell Me a Story | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

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