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They faced plenty of obstacles: the rude public merriment at their pairing; all the misery the Vatican-cowed Italian government tried to bring to their joint political, financial and personal life; the stories of his infidelities and of the movie stars (Cary Grant, Peter Sellers) utterly smitten by her allure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Sophia Loved | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

For far too long, and for far too many, Burma has meant only one thing: isolation. In 1962 General Ne Win closed the doors to the country, going on to nationalize even the Boy Scouts and the Automobile Association of Burma, and turned his land into the most secretive and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alienated Nation | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

Yunus' philanthropic act pioneered the concept of microcredit-making small loans available without collateral to needy entrepreneurs at affordable interest rates. What Yunus discovered is that such borrowers are typically hardworking, motivated, reliable and themselves altruistic, often creating collective, grassroots enterprises that benefit the whole community. Yunus' Grameen Bank now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Who Mattered: Muhammad Yunus | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

"Mamma Lizzie" was a farmer who lived her whole life in Tennessee. But the typical American worker right now changes jobs about every four years, and moves more often than people in any other industrialized country - more than 40 million of us pick up and move on every year. So...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living to 116 | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

To this end, Ali and Eddie believe in harnessing the power of the entire student body rather than the three dozen members of the UC. Through dialogue with student groups and informal conversations with peers and faculty, Ali and Eddie will work with the members of the Harvard community to...

Author: By Nana M. Ayensu, Denise Diaz, and Erica L. Farber | Title: Zaidi and Lee: Helping Realize Harvard’s Promise | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

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