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...that children cannot go longer than half an hour without eating. Everywhere my daughter goes, from preschool to library story time to gymnastics class, she is bombarded with sweets, prepackaged snacks and "juice" boxes containing nothing but empty and unhealthy calories. When society makes it so difficult to limit unhealthy foods, it's no wonder that we are facing an obesity epidemic among children. Kimberly Muschong, Mason, Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...this way, Obama tackled the news of the day. He denounced the Court's decision to limit the death penalty to crimes involving homicide. He straddled the gun control issue that is expected to dominate high court news on Thursday. He brushed off Ralph Nader's charge that his political rhetoric is too "white," saying sadly that, "Nader is trying to get attention. It's a shame." He endeavored to sail above an intra-party battle on electronic surveillance, called on the United Nations to intervene in Zimbabwe and welcomed a debate this fall on whether the Republicans have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's 'Presidential' Press Event | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

...little ridiculous," he says. "It's because they haven't received a death verdict for so long in this county." David Washington, who will be representing O'Hara alongside Howard when the trial begins on Aug. 9, concurs: "I think the state is absolutely desperate in an attempt to limit what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on Courtroom Tears | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

...Czechs, that's a handful. "You can never stop him for 90 minutes," German team manager Oliver Bierhoff said of Ronaldo. But you can run him over, and the Germans will use their size as much as possible to separate the Portuguese from the ball. The Germans need to limit the damage Ronaldo can do, and hope that their striker Mario Gomez can relocate his goal scoring touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: The Energy and the Agony | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...mainland in coming years, starting with a flagship store in Beijing. The success of Yao Ming, the towering center of the Houston Rockets, and now Yi Jianlian, the 7-ft. (2 m) forward for the Milwaukee Bucks, sends the message to kids on the playground that there's no limit to where they can end up if they're good enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoop City | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

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