Word: perfective
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...been called the perfect wife for her devotion to George W. Bush and the Comforter in Chief for her calming demeanor after 9/11. But it would be a mistake to think of Laura Bush as a latter-day Mamie Eisenhower, who once said, "Ike runs the country; I turn the pork chops." The First Lady has views of her own, and just before jetting off to Florida with the President last week, she sat down in her East Wing office to speak with TIME's Matthew Cooper about a wide range of topics, including gay marriage, stem-cell research...
Although he has worked almost exclusively in the top end of fashion, Kors has the perfect personality for mainstream retail. He is a former child actor who was nicknamed Chuckles for his sense of humor. He started in the business designing clothes and windows for a small shop in New York City. Before long he was selling his line to Bergdorf Goodman. Not your typical fashion prince, Kors calls himself a T-shirt-and-jeans kind of guy--a bit, you might even say, like Ralph and Calvin--and is more gossipy gadabout than aloof designer. He is known...
...American who truly prospered in these meek and mild Games was Michael Phelps. The eight-medal poster boy swam like a perfect machine, but then so did his Australian rival Ian Thorpe. Both seemed less vexed by their competition than in mutual awe. When they glanced at each other across the pool, their expressions seemed to say, You can do that too? Phelps was impeccably smooth, as were most of the Americans, who won most of the events. The BALCO scandal was supposed to have crippled the U.S. goal of 100 medals, which was met late Saturday night. The medals...
...them hiding out in the islands. Result: the capital's notorious gridlock vanished, and the transport systems worked faultlessly. Those of us who chose to stay did our civic duty as volunteers for the Games. We even scrambled to fill the stadiums so that the events could look perfect on TV - admittedly, we were only occasionally successful at that one. Some of us schlepped to Olympia, the sacred birthplace of the Games, to watch a Russian woman shot putter on steroids try to steal the event. (She was caught and tossed out.) But now the party's over, the carnival...
What changes at home can a returning mother anticipate? KAUFMAN: It's important to understand that things may not be as perfect as they were before in terms of the household. The laundry may not be done when you want it to be done. The house is not going to be spotlessly clean. The sooner you adjust, the easier it will be, and it will make your away-from-home job easier...