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...snake oil. Weisberg says Mormonism is different because it is so "recent," involving miraculous events in the 19th century in upstate New York. Well, I dunno. The patina of age may explain why Jesus' walking on water is easier to believe than Smith's golden plates and magic glasses. But it doesn't go far in justifying the distinction. For me, any candidate who believes in the literal truth of the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon or the novels of Jane Austen is probably too credulous to be President...
...spectacle that included a dinner held on the ancient foundations of the Temple of Venus and a ball for 1000 guests in a 17,000 sq. ft. tent erected especially for the festivities in the Villa Borghese Gardens. The celebration, which Valentino Wednesday called "a moment of infinite magic and tremendous joy," was rumored to cost upwards of $10 million...
...Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats, by TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger. Author of several other books including the best seller Apollo 13, Kluger is making his first venture into young-adult fiction. Publishers Weekly calls the book "a fully imagined fantasy with a twist of magic...
...delicate passages for the winds, Dudamel reaches his hands into the orchestra as if picking low-hanging fruit; in more violent ones, he attempts to move whole walls of sound with his outstretched arms. Talk to other conductors about Dudamel's qualities and they speak of electricity, vibrancy and magic, and of a uniquely expressive stick technique. But at the Edinburgh rehearsal, it's clear that sheer persistence and patience are also at work. It has been 20 minutes and Dudamel is still not happy with his violins. In more romantic Russian pieces, the strings can act as a swaying...
...metal and plastic into working feet, legs, tails, and even (nonworking) dog testicles. The animals regain the ability to live like healthy creatures, something the surgeons find rewarding enough. More important, what the doctors learn as they put the critters back together could help the medical community work similar magic on humans. That's progress that couldn't come at a better time. There are currently about 1.9 million amputees living in the U.S., a figure expected to jump to 2.7 million by 2020--mainly because of returning Iraq war veterans and patients who lose limbs to diabetes-related complications...