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What do you mean by "the mindless margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Nibbler Nation | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

That's the margin in which you can eat more and gain weight and not realize it, but it's also, thankfully, the margin where you can eat less. If you ate 1,000 calories less than you ordinarily would, you'd be uncomfortable for most of the day. You'd be irritable, you'd feel hungry, you'd feel light-headed. But if you carve 200 calories out of your day every day, at the end of one year you're going to weigh 20 lbs. less than you otherwise would. And that's without feeling hungry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Nibbler Nation | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

This TIME poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 3-4 among 1,002 adult Americans by SRBI Public Affairs. The margin of error is 3 percentage points. "Don't know" responses omitted for some questions. *Asked of registered voters

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of a Revolution | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

Junior Matt Schindel kicked a career-long 42-yard field goal to open the second quarter before Dawson’s two scores made the margin a lopsided 30-10 at halftime...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Record-breaking weekend for Dawson in lopsided victory | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...poll suggests the Foley affair may have dented Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress in November. Among the registered voters who were polled, 54% said they would be more likely to vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress, compared with 39% who favored the Republican. That margin may be fueled by the rolling scandal over sexually explicit e-mails sent to teenage pages by Republican Representative Mark Foley. Almost 80% of respondents were aware of the scandal, and only 16% approve of the Republicans' handling of it. Those polled were divided, however, on whether House Speaker Dennis Hastert should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Poll: The Foley Scandal Has Hurt the G.O.P. | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

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