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...whole life, with its mix of accomplishment and weird scandal, had been practice for working in a medium in which everything is interesting and nothing is durable. Educated at Cambridge University, she launched herself in the U.S. on the back of a book about Maria Callas (her third of 12) and a few key friends. Pretty soon, almost virally, she knew everybody, was marrying an oil millionaire (with Barbara Walters for a bridesmaid) and stumping for the Republicans. Almost as fast, she was divorcing said millionaire, who turned out to be bisexual, and becoming a Democratic champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arianna Huffington: The Web's New Oracle | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, retired archbishop of Milan - and one of the towering intellects in the church, often considered the yin to Benedict's yang - opined that condoms might be the lesser evil in some situations, notably when one partner in a proper marriage has the HIV virus. That same year, the Vatican health office said it would proceed with an internal study of the issue, though nothing further has come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Anti-Condom Remarks: Candor Over P.R. | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

Words can hurt. That's a lesson Ben Bernanke learned not long after being confirmed in January 2006 as the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve. At a Washington dinner a few months later, Bernanke responded to a question from CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, who asked whether the media and financial markets were right to think that he had signaled the Fed was done raising interest rates. "He said, flatly, no," she reported on her program at about 3:15 p.m. the following Monday, causing stock prices to drop sharply before the market closed. He called that move a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...because we had not been used to the outdoor conditions,” Rosekrans said. β€œIt was a shock to all of us after playing indoor for four months straight.” Rosekrans, at No. 2, recorded the only win in the Saturday match, defeating Maria Spenceley in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Freshman Camille Jania, who played strongly against a fierce competitor, barely fell short. Jania faced nationally-ranked No. 120 Mariana Muci at the No. 3 spot. She dropped the first set 7-6 (7-4), and won the second...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Florida Trip Deals Harvard Win, Loss | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...March, Maria Retter, 48, started a part-time job she found through Mom Corps as an office manager in northern Virginia. With a self-employed husband and with their youngest child about to join two others in college, Retter decided she needed steadier work than the Web-designing she had been doing from home. And she is firmly convinced that motherhood has made her a better employee: "If you can handle temper tantrums, then when you have to deal with obnoxious people in an office setting, you say to yourself, 'You remind me of my 2-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times Send 'Economoms' Back to the Job Market | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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