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...couldn't do it. It was so terrifying that I never touched it, and something like 15 years later I tried to decipher some of this miniature handwriting - it was really microscopic - and after 20 or 30 pages, I just stopped. A few years ago, my wife Lena encouraged me to go at it, and all of a sudden it fell into place easily. I could read it, though of course I needed some special magnifying glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Werner Herzog | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...effortfully from the working classes, but having done so, he is now, at 42, having a midlife crisis. He's not having much luck starting a restaurant of his own or marrying his girlfriend Charlie. He does manage to cheat on her with a porter named Lena, a Belarusian girl who has herself just escaped a life of prostitution. Meanwhile, another porter has turned up dead, Gabriel's father is dying, and his mother is subsiding into dementia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chef Lit: Kitchen Writing | 6/17/2009 | See Source »

Obama’s administration is filling up with Harvard graduates and professors, but a few lesser-known spots still remain. Here are FM’s suggestions for some other Harvard characters to fill those often-overlooked but equally important jobs. 1. Lena Chen ’09-’10—Official babysitter of Malia and Sasha. 2. Peter C. Shields ’09, ‘Petros’—Glitter assistant for all public appearances. Don’t think for a second that body glow occurs naturally. 3. Reverend Peter...

Author: By Malin S. Von euler-hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The 15 Positions Obama Forgot | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...their religious beliefs. "The way the law is worded right now is confusing and makes it seem like we have a shield to recklessly endanger children," says Joe Farkas, legislative affairs representative for the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Wisconsin. The Church has teamed up with Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Lena Taylor to write new legislation that could repeal a provision in the state's child abuse and neglect statute that exempts parents from prosecution in some faith-healing cases, while creating a new "affirmative defense" for parents who made a "reasonable attempt" to provide medical care for their child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Parents Call God Instead of the Doctor | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson’s defensive effort will focus on midfielder Lena Russomagno, forward Brook Chang, and defender Cristina Law. The trio has scored six out of the seven team goals for Cornell this season...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Hopes For More Cornell Success | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

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