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...judging by the transcript, he has good reason to worry about it. Among other things, bin Laden maunders about corporations causing global warming and the Democrats failing to get the U.S. out of Iraq. Speculation is already rife that he is wearing a fake beard, since his gray of a few years ago has mysteriously disappeared. It seems he's either lost his mind or is the victim of a covert action campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bin Laden Fights to Stay Relevant | 9/7/2007 | See Source »

Were you ever worried about conspiracy theorists who claim the moon landing was fake? -Ben Gray, PERTH, AUSTRALIAI was not concerned, but I lost my patience once and socked a guy, which created great publicity and cost me some legal fees. You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Buzz Aldrin | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...book, I decided to make myself a guinea pig and put gray hair vs. brown hair to the acid test on Match.com. I assumed that if I accurately reported my age and posted first a photo of myself with gray hair and then, three months later, the same image with brown hair, that the photo with brown hair would be deemed more attractive by more of the Match.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Over Going Gray | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

...couldn't have been more wrong. Among Match.com-ers in New York City, Chicago and - most shocking of all - Los Angeles, three times as many men were interested in going out with me when my hair was gray as when it was dyed. This blew my mind. Maybe the men sensed that if I was being honest about the color of my hair, I'd be more accessible and easier to date. Or maybe the gray made me stand out from the overwhelming majority of Match.com women my age who color their hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Over Going Gray | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

...These days, choosing not to dye has become a statement rather than a casual stylistic choice. Thus the gray wars are a bit of a grownup replay of the freaks vs. squares and smart kids vs. populars from junior high and high school 40 years ago. "The emphasis in the 1960s on being yourself gives women today a cultural grounding that lets them say 'Hell, no'" to artificial color, says Weitz. "More women today are more financially independent, and that leads them to a place where they have the resources to do what they want to do." Weitz suggests that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Over Going Gray | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

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