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...mandated by the Constitution, a census has been taken by the government every 10 years since 1790 in an effort to count every person living in the United States, both citizens and non-citizens. In recent times, the Census Bureau has arrived at a final count by relying on people to mail back surveys and then sending out census takers to go door-to-door in an attempt to fill in the gaps. Those census takers not only visit homes that have not returned the survey, but also seek to count those with no fixed address and those who live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the 2010 Census Stirs Up Partisan Politics | 2/15/2009 | See Source »

...other thing that I am very strict about looking for is sanity. If I'm going to potentially spend seven years with this person, I want to make sure that they're the kind of person who's collaborative and easygoing, ready for a challenge, a hard worker. I'm very old-fashioned about the work ethic and the training, and that's a part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Joss Whedon, creator of Dollhouse | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...This is very much a showcase for Eliza - a new personality every week. It seems like the challenge for her is to transform into a completely different person every episode, and yet maintain some baseline element that we can still recognize as being her, as being Echo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Joss Whedon, creator of Dollhouse | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...behind-the-scenes type person, but you're also a celebrity. How does that work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Joss Whedon, creator of Dollhouse | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...Became Seattle's police chief in 2000 and brought the city's crime rate to a 40-year low. During the so-called "Mardi Gras Riots" in 2001, however, Kerlikowske ordered his officers to stand down while drunken partygoers committed assaults. In the end, one person was killed, many were injured and the incident was seen as a black mark on Kerlikowske's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

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