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...peers who didn't get the same sort of education. "Until you have experimental evidence, it's all a little speculative," says Michael Sherraden, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis who is conducting a seven-year, randomized, controlled study on whether giving children bank accounts inculcates the habit of saving - a program already being tried on a large scale in the U.K. Yes, good, solid research like this takes a lot of time and resources. But if what we're doing right now isn't working, it's in our own best interest to figure out what does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Teach Kids About Money | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...Dolls, adapted and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, was based on the hit Broadway show about a Salvation Army lass liberated from propriety by demon rum and the attentions of a sharp gambler. As Sergeant Sarah Brown, Simmons begins with a virginal haughtiness, compromised only slightly by her nervous habit of unbuttoning the middle button on her army jacket. Then, on a night in Havana with Brando's Sky Masterson (he's made a $1,000 bet he can take her there), she's the innocent blossoming into sexual joy. That emotional unbuttoning is something the actress had rarely been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jean Simmons: Portrait of a Complicated Lady | 1/24/2010 | See Source »

...asking questions, you say a lot of screenings may not be necessary. How can a patient figure out whether to get a particular test? Love: One thing you should always ask is, How is this going to change my treatment? A lot of tests are just done out of habit. You don't want to have any unnecessary tests, because there's always a downside. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Can Scrap Those Health Rules | 1/14/2010 | See Source »

...subtle clues to his intelligence. His speech, like his chess, is technical, grammatically flawless and logically irresistible. He dresses neatly but shows a teenager's discomfort with formality. (He rarely makes it through a game without his shirt coming untucked.) He would seem older than 19 but for his habit of giggling and his coltlike aversion to eye contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus Carlsen | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

...opposition has faded. Though posters bearing his portrait are plastered across Sana'a, his authority doesn't extend very far beyond the capital. About two-thirds of the country is in the hands of either separatist groups or local tribes, some of which have a habit of kidnapping foreign tourists to use as bargaining chips with the central government. Economic and developmental issues - Yemen's most volatile regions are among those hardest hit by drought and government neglect - are at the heart of most of those conflicts, especially the war between the government and Shi'ite rebels, known as Houthis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yemen: The Most Fragile Ally | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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