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Spurlock wouldn't be the first man to insist he's searching for something important to the world when he's really abandoning someone important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dude, Where... Is Osama bin Laden? | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...crumbled gorgonzola? Even growing up in New York City, my unrepresentative taste buds were apparent—I remember discovering in kindergarten, “Wait, most kids don’t crave dill pickles and garlic string beans?” To be fair, the conference did not insist on serving Moroccan tagines in cities where even vegetable burgers have trouble gaining a foothold. The “dessert-flips” (think more fruit, less cheesecake) demonstrated under the instruction of Stephen Dufree—pastry chef at the French Laundry—and the Turkish Roasted Eggplant...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wedding Bell Peppers for Food and Health | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...creators insist that people actually enjoy the invitations. "It is something very positive," says Vikas Gupta, an Amazon.com alum who created both the popular Send Good Karma and Hug Me apps, and runs his start-up Jambool out of a spare bedroom in San Francisco's South of Market district. "It is a positive action that people like sending to their friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suffering From Facebook Fatigue? | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

Many Democrats insist that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are appealing. If Senator Barack Obama wins the nomination, racism will recede from the inner city. If Senator Hillary Clinton wins, sexism will exit the boardroom. According to these ideologues, economic success is tied to political success, and one must occur for the other to follow...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Crack in the Glass Ceiling | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

With the city split roughly between white and black, the chairman of the party, U.S. Congressman Bob Brady, is not going to shove a candidate down a ward leader's throat. Even after Clinton and Obama make their pitches at the J-J dinner, Brady won't insist that the city committee endorse one or the other. The party needs to avoid a winner-take-all fight among the ward leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philly Politicos Kick it Old-School | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

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