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...first veto of his presidency to block a congressional action that would have lifted his 2001 ban on federal funding for most stem-cell research, ensuring that cell lines will remain scarce and money short at research centers lacking the state funding or private wealth to thumb their nose at dollars from Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stem Cell Central | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

...explains, "I'm gonna whack him on the ear, see? It's somewhat like kickin' his [Hammer's]cat, so to speak." Actually, it's more like someone's saying, "That's not much of a cat you got," and Mike pulls the guy's guts through his nose. In Spillane, nearly every charged conversation between males escalates pronto into a fight. Hammer hits first. And, as J. Kenneth Van Dover notes in his astute, fairly critical Murder in the Millions (about Gardner, Hammett and Fleming), Hammer's pugilistic repertoire relies as much on his knees and his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

Some boards selectively accentuate rocker, the bottom curve from nose to tail. More rocker means more mobility, less speed; less rocker lets you rocket down a wave's face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

...least 9 ft. from nose to tail, the stable "hang 10" boards have seen a resurgence. They make paddling and catching waves easy. Big- wave-riding pros use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

...While I was in Bir al-Abed, the Israelis dropped a couple of small bombs about 500 yards away, on the next block. They sent gray plumes into the air and filled my nose with the smell of cordite and dust. The cab driver who drove us there, Ahmad Hammoud, 40, didn't even flinch. He's from the neighborhood and was more concerned with the fate of his family. "I got my family out on the first day of the strikes," he said. But he stayed. "I thought it was wrong to leave because if we all left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of Beirut | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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