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Enthusiasm about the jobs has been so great that the Census pulled plans to advertise them nationally. Last spring, the Census did run ads when it was hiring canvassers for the summer - people who walk up and down every block in the U.S. to verify each address. The Census was hoping to get 700,000 applications in order to fill 200,000 spots. Instead, the bureau received 1.2 million. (Those applicants will be considered for the new positions too.) This time around, says decennial recruiting chief Wendy Button, the Census will run advertisements only in areas where it anticipates having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Job Stimulus: Census Bureau to Hire 1.2 Million | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Since 2004, the FDA has approved three other epigenetic drugs that are thought to work at least in part by stimulating tumor-suppressor genes that disease has silenced. The great hope for ongoing epigenetic research is that with the flick of a biochemical switch, we could tell genes that play a role in many diseases - including cancer, schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, diabetes and many others - to lie dormant. We could, at long last, have a trump card to play against Darwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...could qualify for taking on the responsibility that Bernanke, an expert on the Great Depression, did. His readiness was evident not just from his academic background but from his oft cited 2002 speech on deflation. In the speech, Bernanke showed the creativity and open-mindedness that have been hallmarks of the bold actions he has taken during the financial crisis. Tony Crescenzi Newport Beach, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...people have the same right to marry regardless of sexual orientation? ... Should sexual-orientation discrimination be considered a form of sex or gender discrimination? Judge Walker may decide some or all of these questions, and the Ninth Circuit may decide them differently. Whatever happens is likely to have great significance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gay-Marriage Lawsuit Dares to Make Its Case | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

Peter the Great - who was rumored to drink up to half a gallon (2 L) of vodka a day - cracked down on home-brewed alcohol by creating liquor licenses, which were required in order to sell vodka. Catherine the Great made it illegal for anyone other than the aristocracy to purvey it, which boosted the drink's quality - and the Czarina's coffers. By 1860, more than 40% of government revenue came from vodka. The distillation process had improved (vodka was now filtered with charcoal and occasionally flavored), leading to increased consumption. By 1913, Russian citizens could boast one unlicensed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians and Vodka | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

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