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...long are we going to allow a person ... to come into our own house and to say there's a dictatorship here?' HUGO CHAVEZ, Venezuelan President, announcing that he will expel visiting foreigners who publicly criticize his government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

Catherine Castrence is not a morning person. So between getting her daughters dressed and fed breakfast, letting the dog out and giving an insulin shot to the family's diabetic cat, the Reston, Va., working mother of two barely had time to pack her kids' lunches before getting them to day camp by 8:00. But this summer she and her husband are outsourcing that particular ritual. Health e-Lunch Kids charges them $4.99 apiece for the homemade, nutritious meals it delivers each day to the local YMCA where Maddy, 9, and Elena, 6, are spending eight weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parenting Subcontractors | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...long are we going to allow a person ... to come into our own house and to say there's a dictatorship here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Aug. 6, 2007 | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...more than 70 movies, including Five Easy Pieces, the black-and-white Paper Moon and Shampoo. He was credited with helping change the mostly studiobound look of features with the 1969 breakthrough film Easy Rider, in which he celebrated the landscape, making it, in his words, "this third person--a character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 6, 2007 | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...policy analysts, then, the lesson is that public-health interventions may well be far more cost-effective than previously acknowledged. Helping one person lose weight can have a snowball effect through an entire social network, affecting social norms among the target person's friends and acquaintances. "There's been a lot of talk about limiting portion size, getting rid of vending machines in schools," says Thomas Sander, a civic-engagement specialist at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, not involved in the research. Those interventions may be useful, he says. "This study suggests that if we're fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obesity Is Contagious, Study Finds | 7/25/2007 | See Source »

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