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Brain surgery is a license for self-indulgence. Cancel that dentist's appointment; you've suffered enough. (Though technically, before you go under, you haven't actually suffered at all.) Take out the trash? "C'mon, honey, I've got BRAIN SURGERY next week." Writers devote a lot of creative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

The joy of Russia is drinking, and without drinking we cannot be," said Prince Vladimir, ruler of the state of Kievan Rus in the 10th century, as he chose Christianity for the state religion over teetotal Islam. Never has Russia indulged her joy more than over the last five petrodollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without Tears — and Now Without Booze | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

Brain surgery is a license for self-indulgence. Cancel that dentist's appointment; you've suffered enough. (Though technically, before you go under, you haven't actually suffered at all.) Take out the trash? "C'mon, honey, I've got BRAIN SURGERY next week." Writers devote a lot of creative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

Any number of private businesses you deal with--utilities, cable companies, even video stores and gyms--will ask for your Social Security number. You always have a right to refuse. But unlike most government agencies, private companies are allowed to deny you service based on that refusal. A good strategy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Got Your Number? | 7/10/2006 | See Source »

PLEADED GUILTY. Bernard Kerik, 50, ex--New York City police commissioner, whose quick responses in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks led President Bush to nominate him to be head of the Homeland Security Department before a variety of ethics questions forced Kerik to withdraw his name; to charges that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 10, 2006 | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

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