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...fabulous political theater, of course: Allen naked in the public square and squirming, by turns awkward, craven and hilarious in his four-day hegira from white-bread Presbyterianism to the admission that his mother was a Sephardic Jew, from the famed Lumbroso family. By week's end, Allen-the least likely Semite in Christendom-was sitting there stunned as cnn's Wolf Blitzer rattled off the list of brilliant Lumbroso ancestors: doctors, historians, the chief rabbi of Tunis! The Senator argued that his mother had been traumatized by the Nazis; her father had been pulled from his home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq? Who Cares! Say, Is Your Mom Jewish? | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...stabilizing Iraq, but the Bush Administration has no interest in diplomacy." Webb's argument is flawed, but what Iraq scenario isn't? It should be the centerpiece of a serious national debate. But we remain a nation befogged by affluence and voyeurism, where the story of George Allen's mother is far more compelling than that of Jim Webb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq? Who Cares! Say, Is Your Mom Jewish? | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...determine how successful the Crimson is in the early part of the season. ***Athletes in sport, no matter the playing field, constantly toil under the microscope. Perhaps this was never more the case than in the run-up to Harvard’s spring practices. On March 13, a mother of two and student at North Carolina Central reported to police that she had been raped by several Duke men’s lacrosse players after being hired as a stripper at a team party. The story filled national news broadcasts and occasioned protests in Durham, igniting friction between Duke...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL 06: A Long, Dark Journey to the Fall | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

...mother, Elena, sighs. "Actually, I just want him to take a vacation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New World of Internships | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...separate obstetricians and can report that traditional, chador-clad women are just as likely to choose C-sections as their Westernized, pink-veil-wearing counterparts. Alarmed by the rising rate, the government has started radio and television campaigns informing women of the risks Caesareans carry for both infant and mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Caesarean Section Craze | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

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