Word: holidaying
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...season when Hollywood gets literate. Since the Oscar deadline coincides with New Year's Eve and a bookish pedigree is a sure way to get Academy members' attention, studios turn to acclaimed novels for their holiday fodder. But there's a risk involved. Ask any reader who has seen the movie version of a favorite novel, and the answer will usually be, "The book was better...
Hang on to your boarding passes this holiday season--it's bound to be a bumpy ride. Luckily, there's a new generation of travel gadgets designed to ease your passage in style and comfort. Case in point: the Travel Brush Kit, above, from Michael Marcus Cosmetics ($95). It packs eight sable makeup brushes into a compact just slightly thicker than a passport...
SMALL PURSES ARE OFTEN the chicest choice to complement holiday finery, but most barely have room for a wallet, let alone the supplies to keep you party-pretty all night long. Now cosmetics companies are solving the space crunch with single servings of makeup: disposable beauty supplies small enough to slip into the sleekest bag--or a Christmas stocking...
...Holiday gatherings can act as glue to hold families together, but some people we love may not be able to pull up a chair at the table this year--or maybe ever. Others are only partially present. "Ambiguous loss" is the term coined by family therapist Pauline Boss of the University of Minnesota to describe the problem of having a loved one absent but not clearly dead--missing in war or a natural disaster--or only a limited presence because of Alzheimer's or an emotional issue. In an interview with TIME, Boss, whose new book for therapists, Loss, Trauma...
...Lagos Ordinary people can create a sea change for the world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing to reputable aid organizations. As the gift-giving season approaches, Time's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining resources to those whose suffering knows no holiday. If the merely comfortable of the world pooled their modest gifts, they could make a difference that no individual hero or celebrity could ever achieve. Let us all be heroes. Denise Couling South Lyon, Michigan, U.S. We have problems recognizing life's heroes because those we find in the corridors...