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...Gupta argued that organic fruits and veggies may not be as beneficial as once thought because science hasn't proved long-term ill effects of pesticides on humans. On the other hand, organics may be very beneficial exactly for that reason: science hasn't proved the long-term effects of pesticide or chemical fertilizers on humans. Bart Lund, glen ellen, California

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/7/2007 | See Source »

...getting his big break on an American stage in one of those typical show business tales of being in the right place at the right time when in 1965 he stepped in alongside Joan Sutherland on the stage of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium when the scheduled tenor fell ill. Just three months later, he debuted at Milan's La Scala in La Bohème - and never looked back. His fame multiplied with major televised performances in the 1970s and 1980s, and eventually his teaming up with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras to form the Three Tenors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Luciano Pavarotti Dies at 71 | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...Since that time, players have grown not only richer but a whole lot bigger and faster. While that may sound like progress, the game has suffered, with creativity giving way to cold, hard athleticism. Under as much pressure as any team at this Cup is rugby itself, which can ill afford a tournament full of messy, dour, defense-dominated matches if it is to continue reaching new audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Black Arts | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...Reid has exploited a rule--known as invoking cloture--to cut off debate. So far in 2007, the Senate has voted on cloture 43 times. If that pace continues, it will shatter the record of 61 votes in a two-year Senate session, set in the 107th Congress. And ill feelings between the parties will further harden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making The Grade: The Congressional Report Card | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

Contrary to Bogle's prediction, though, the rise of the credentialed pros and commensurate decline of often ill-informed part-timers haven't stabilized a thing. This year we've seen the professionally managed market for mortgage securities travel from giddy abandon to deep despair in a matter of months, dragging other markets down with it. That's just this year: think back to the rise and fall of the dotcoms, the emerging-markets meltdown of 1997 and 1998, the bond crash of 1994, the stock crash of 1987. As Bogle put it a few years back, "Keynes one, Bogle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Herd on the Street | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

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