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Instead of preparing for a specific career, Alemany urged undergraduates to develop a passion, regardless of how it relates to a particular field of employment...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finance CEO Discusses Choosing Careers | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

Michael Haneke is so tied to a particular dark and disturbing style of filmmaking - his subjects have included child murderers, suicide, sexual repression and sadomasochism - that interviewers are often surprised by the twinkly-eyed grandfather they meet in person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Haneke's Film Noir | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...mentions Dede Scozzafava's support of gay marriage and reproductive choice as evidence that she not only is not a moderate Republican but also is to the left of many Democrats. Couldn't her support of those two issues be proof of libertarianism? The Libertarian Party believes there are particular places that the government does not belong, and anything connected to a citizen's sex life is among those places. My Republican and libertarian friends alike are for the freedom of Americans to make their own life choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...there's a big difference between handing out gift cards and jacking up people's co-pays. The Tar Heel State in particular has been criticized for using a big-stick approach. Starting in July, state workers who smoke will be moved from the plan that covers 80% of health care costs to one that pays 70%, an out-of-pocket difference of approximately $480 a year, unless they agree to enroll in a smoking-cessation program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...movie? That's probably the first thing I think about. The second is, What's the challenge? What's the risk? I think the risk for me in this role is that it doesn't really rely on anything I've used in the past. There wasn't a particular skill set I could fall back on, like singing or dancing or basketball. So I was forced to grow in other areas. The other actors in the movie are all incredibly accomplished, and I didn't want to disappoint. (See TIME's photo-essay "Zac Efron Graduates from High School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Zac Efron | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

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