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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Until 2005, bartenders in South Carolina were required by law to use minibottles of booze to mix drinks, lending the state's taverns a reputation for making waste - and for making customers wasted. (Unlike most pubs, which use jiggers to carefully measure how much liquor goes into each drink, mixologists in the Palmetto State nonchalantly poured all 1.7 oz. of a minibottle into each and every cocktail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Quirky Alcohol Laws | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...cosmopolitan setting also gave the Uighurs' homeland a rich mix of religious and cultural traditions. Xinjiang is the home to some of China's oldest Buddhist temples and most celebrated monks, while Islam arrived in the tenth century and became dominant in the subsequent centuries. Most Uighurs today practice a brand of Islam that is peaceful and tolerant and mixed with the mystical strains of Sufism. One of their holiest sites is the tomb of an 18th century concubine who, according to legend, naturally exuded an overwhelming and intoxicating musk. (Read "Palau: Next Stop After Gitmo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Uighurs | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

Carts have come to the fields for decades, providing refreshments for the amateur athletes, but it wasn’t until the last few years that the mix of cornmeal and ground meat became destination dining. Food blogs hail the carts as some of the city’s best and the name “Red Hook Ball Fields” is now synonymous with street food delicacy. The carts have taken their place among New York’s ethnic cuisine elite—when the city threatened not to renew the vendors’ permit...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz | Title: A Day at the Ball Fields | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...eight years now, the New York Asian Film Festival has earned "Wow"s and "Huh?"s from Manhattan audiences with its savory mix of action and art-house works from the continent that produces more movies than any other. In its scope and vigor, this is the New York film festival, and it's run not by a heavily subsidized arts institution but by a few knowledgeable guys from Brooklyn who want to share their enthusiasms with the fanboys of the tristate area. The playlist has grown from 11 features in 2002 to more than 50 this time, and includes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Film Fireworks for the Fourth | 7/4/2009 | See Source »

...addictive, with acetaminophen, which is known to increase the risk of liver problems with higher and higher doses. If patients become dependent on the narcotic and continue taking prescription painkillers, they are also more likely to suffer from liver toxicity associated with the acetaminophen. "How can you mix a highly addictive drug with one that can cause toxicity at high doses?" asks Dr. William Lee, director of the Clinical Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Lee presented data to the committee on liver damage due to acetaminophen overdose. "It's like putting poison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The FDA and Painkillers: What's Safe Now? | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

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