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The creature, long believed to have mystical powers - Ctesias wrote about people grinding its horn down to mix into a restorative elixir - now took on greater symbolic powers too. The unicorn both came to represent Christ, and also began to represent purity and chastity. The idea that unicorns could only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Unicorn | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

Many more deaths are likely to occur not with the crack of gunfire but from grinding hunger, experts warn. Scrambling to avert that grim scenario, aid officials and political leaders from about 40 countries converged this week at the Rome headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Prices: Hunger Strikes | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

Webb, who has yet to endorse a presidential candidate but is rumored to be on Obama's vice presidential shortlist, might have been more open to talks until last week. After the two camps met but failed to come to a resolution on their differences, McCain's allies moved to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does McCain Have a Vets Problem? | 5/20/2008 | See Source »

Bomb attacks have hit India with a kind of grinding regularity over the past few years. Since 2005, more than 520 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in 10 major bombings around the country. Yesterday, at least 80 people died when seven or perhaps eight separate bombs exploded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Hit by Another Bombing | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

Egrets, pelicans, and scrub jays fly by, turkey vultures too. In the fall, cyclones of geese and ducks circle the harbor. In the summer, hummingbirds sidle up to the windowpane. Every morning I hear the grinding of coffee. Its scent rises as my husband climbs the stairs. He hands me...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comforts of Home | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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