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...objective tally proves otherwise. Obama's mistakes have been mainly exaggerations and minor factual errors. He has also used some sound bites and headlines that may offer misconceptions about McCain's motives and ideas. However, when it comes to innuendo, unethical half-truths, character assassination and, yes, plain miserable, rotten lies--I would give McCain the prize. It is obvious that he has veered hopelessly away from ethical conduct and is no longer the man he claims to be. There is no real relative equality in his departure from civility. Peter A. Johnson, SUPERIOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...time in our lives for experimentation. Dye your hair purple, pierce a nipple, buy a pair of ridiculous sneakers—it’s all good! So boys, spice up your khaki pants and Brooks Brothers button-down with some hot red and blue Adidas. Girls, the plain skinny jeans look so much better with a pair of rockin’ hi-top Nikes...

Author: By Erinn V. Westbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out-of-Control Colorful Sneaks | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...Then there are the studies that suggest that pregnant women just plain gross some people out. In one, people who viewed videotapes of non-pregnant women and visibly pregnant women doing the same task judged the pregnant women more negatively (and no, the activity was not smoking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pregnant Women Still Face Job Discrimination | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...scrapping of parole for hard-core criminals. "I'm not having, on my watch, people on the streets who've committed heinous crimes," Key told a national television audience. He's also made familiar right-of-center noises on education, foreshadowing national standards for literacy and numeracy, and plain-speaking school reports. "I think it's time for a change," says Watson, 18 years a cop, "and I know some of my colleagues are hanging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking a Step to the Right? | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...reveal any information on player injuries, but since six different Browns have caught the bug since 2005 - Winslow has had it twice - the team's medical management looked suspect to some observers. "There's obviously a problem [with staph] and we have to fix it," Winslow told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Just look at the history around here. It's unfortunate, because it happens time and time again." The Browns, who denied that they had kept the news of his infection from his teammates, suspended Winslow one game for his rant, which included his claim that he felt like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slew of Staph Infections Tackles the NFL | 10/25/2008 | See Source »

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