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...remain together, the old partners are thereby divorced and the new couple is married. First marriages are recognized simply by cohabitation. If they do not choose to remain together, then the cuckolded spouses may or may not choose to allow them back. Whatever happens, there is no further mention of it or complaint about it, at least not openly, once the couple has returned. However, while the lovers are absent from the village, their spouses search for them, wail, and complain loudly to everyone. Sometimes the spouses left behind asked me to take them in my motorboat to search...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

During John McCain's gracious concession speech, he had to pause to quiet his supporters as they booed at the mention of Obama's name. If McCain had conducted his campaign with the grace and honor he showed in defeat instead of stirring up the worst instincts among his party's right-wing base, the outcome of the election might have been different. Bernadette Pruitt, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America and Change | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...Carolina Senator Jim DeMint became the first high-profile Republican to lay the blame for McCain's loss on McCain himself. "We have to be honest, and there's a lot of blame to go around," DeMint told a GOP gathering in Myrtle Beach, S.C. "But I have to mention George Bush, and I have to mention Ted Stevens, and I'm afraid I even have to mention John McCain." DeMint then offered a list of McCain's anti-conservative apostasies, including his support for campaign finance reform, immigration reform and legislation aimed at combating global warming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and McCain Meet: Why They Need Each Other | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...Also, I should mention that the sky has cleared up and according to weather.com, it's a balmy 71 degrees. Not at all what I expected, but I'm still knocking on wood...

Author: By Crimson staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD AT PENN (11/15) | 11/15/2008 | See Source »

Obama becomes an island boy immediately upon touching down on Hawaiian soil. In August, when he returned for a family vacation in Honolulu, Obama was quick to mention the local restaurants where he ate when he was growing up and the food he had been craving on the campaign trail. He even used the common island greeting "Howzit," a Pidgin English version of "How's it going?" "How's everybody doing today?" Obama asked the crowd that turned out to greet him. "Howzit?" Then he talked about going to lunch: "I might go to Zippy's. I might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hawaii vs. Illinois: Battling over a Favorite Son | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

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