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...features of dealing with airlines is that, if you're persistent and persuasive enough, you can usually find a representative willing to find you a seat on that sold-out flight, waive a change fee, ease your outrage by upgrading you to first class or give you a free meal voucher. When my flight was canceled, Delta waived the usual $15 fee on checked luggage. It's actually smart business; even small gestures go a long way toward defusing consumer wrath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Airlines' Customer-Complaint Lines: No Answer | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...state - which are referred to as pluripotent stem cells - then instructed the newly reborn cells to grow into beta cells, the cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin. In Type 1 diabetes, these beta cells no longer work to break down the glucose that floods the body after each meal, leading to blood-sugar spikes that can damage the kidneys and heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...doing research on campus. And while we question claims that Annenberg—the only dining hall that will be open—can only accommodate 1,000 students, if this is truly prohibitive, then the College should offer the possibility for students to remain without a meal plan to those willing...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Janu-Wary | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...first Ramadan is thought to have occurred during the middle of summer, explaining why the root of its name translates into Arabic as "the scorcher." A typical day starts as early as 3 a.m. with the predawn meal called the sahur, usually rich in protein and carbohydrates to get the faster through the long, foodless day. The rest of the day is spent reciting prayers, abstaining from bad deeds and reading the Koran. Fasters are expected to read the entire holy book within the month, and many mosques have taken to splitting it into 30 even portions recited in daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do Muslims Fast During Ramadan? | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

Cooking also remains a good way to get some. Food2, an offshoot of the Food Network, has a dating show that makes contestants MacGyver a meal without a kitchen, leading to a lot of meat cooked on car engines and ironing boards. The only thing, it seems, more important to millennials than getting some is being on camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strangely Appetizing | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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