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...Choose a well-known conservative as a running mate and announce the selection early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Insider | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...initially based on sex, the success of a good marriage relies on the ability of two people to get along. That demands a democracy in which both accept each other as equals and help each other in a loving, kind way. They do not take advantage of their mate's psychological weaknesses and they revel in each other's company. David Hertz, M.D.,
 Tarzana, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...professor Nicholas J. Watson, who teaches a freshman seminar on the poet. Chaucer’s fourteenth century poem “Parliament of Fowls,” explains “For this was on seynt Volantynys day / Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate].” The jump from bird breeding to human displays of affection for St. Valentine’s Day emerged sometime in the fifteenth century, according to Watson. During this time, people first began to address each other as “Valentine” and send each other...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amid the Hot and Heavy, A Look at History | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...original version of this story erroneously stated that male gorillas are polyandrous, or that they have more than one male mate. Rather, male gorillas have several female mates, making them polygynous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorillas in a Tryst | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...initially based on sex, the success of a good marriage relies on the ability of two people to get along. That demands a democracy in which both accept each other as equals and help each other in a loving, kind way. They do not take advantage of their mate's psychological weaknesses. David Hertz, M.D., TARZANA, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love Under a Microscope | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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