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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...pretty useless," says Eric Ravussin, chair in diabetes and metabolism at Louisiana State University and a prominent exercise researcher. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn't as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows like The Biggest Loser - or, for that matter, from magazines like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...Silverman came in with a reputation as a hitmaker. His independent production company Reveille successfully translated The Office from a hysterical but oddball British show to a mainstream U.S. hit. It brought The Biggest Loser to American screens. The same year he was hired away from Reveille to NBC, two of the shows he had helped create, The Office and Ugly Betty, were nominated for Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series, a rare feat. He had a hand in the genesis of such juggernauts as Survivor and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. (See TIME's television covers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Silverman Leaves NBC: Exit the No-Hit Hitmaker | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

Many politicians and their well-heeled constituents may be under the impression that a community college - as described in a promo for NBC's upcoming comedy Community - is a "loser college for remedial teens, 20-something dropouts, middle-aged divorcées and old people keeping their minds active as they circle the drain of eternity." But there's at least one Ivy Leaguer who is trying to help Americans get past the stereotypes and start thinking about community college not as a dumping ground but as one of the best tools the U.S. has to dig itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious violations of law, including willful interference with contractual relations, direct breaches of Ferrari's legal obligations and a grave violation of competition law," an FIA statement read. As the two sides dig in, the biggest loser is the sport. If Formula One does end up splitting, says Aylett, "people might go watch rugby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Wheels Coming Off of Formula One? | 6/20/2009 | See Source »

...managed democracy" that the ruling clerics have used to govern Iran for the last three decades. Khamenei himself is a former President. The job is important enough to have brought millions of Iranians to the polls on Friday, and thousands into the streets afterwards - both supporters of the apparent loser, reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and members of the radical volunteer paramilitary forces who support the reelected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (See pictures of Iran's controversial and violent election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khamenei: The Power Behind the President | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

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