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...same time, if a thin dining companion orders a small portion, I too will hold back because I want to mirror the habits of a body type to which many people aspire. However, if an overweight person orders light, I'll make an adjustment. Obviously, small portions aren't working for him. If tiny meals don't help you stay trim, what's the point? Get me the cheeseburger deluxe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Want to Lose Weight? Avoid Skinny Overeaters | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...current capacity" of residents to adapt, warns Herminia Francisco, who co-authored the EEPSEA report. This helps explains why, as I write this, the streets in my neighborhood are filling up with water. When the rain stops, one or two residents will shuffle through dirty, ankle-deep water to light incense at the local spirit shrine. And why not? Prayer is starting to look like a sensible option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...discovery: a planet outside our solar system that's solid and rocky like Earth. After months of observation, scientists confirmed Corot-7b is not a giant gas ball like Jupiter--a finding that heartened experts who believe potential alien life would require a firm surface. The planet, some 500 light-years away, is similar in size to Earth. One key difference: Corot-7b's proximity to its sun raises its daytime surface temperature to a balmy 3600?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Claire's old-fashioned father Jay and his passionate Colombian bride Gloria, meanwhile, light up the screen because of the inspired pairing of character actor Ed O'Neill and comic bombshell Sofia Vergara. It's Jay's son Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and his partner Cameron (Eric Stonestreet)--the least conventional couple--who have the most familiar relationship, squabbling and correcting each other as comfortably as retirees on their golden anniversary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, We Kin | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...hints of greater willingness to support new sanctions, Medvedev's absence from the podium on Friday spoke far more loudly of the difficulty the U.S. faces in mustering a durable coalition for sanctions. Without Russia, it will be very difficult to build a united international front, even in light of Iran's new transgressions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahmadinejad Rejects Obama's Nuclear Warning | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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