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There are, but I actually can't say which, because if I told you, then you would go turn them into movies yourself. So I sadly have to plead the Fifth on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jason Reitman | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...Pregnancy can be a scary thing," says Judy Norsigian, executive director of the nonprofit foundation Our Bodies, Ourselves. "For some terrified girls, they plead ignorance even if they really aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant: Travesty or Guilty Pleasure? | 1/12/2010 | See Source »

...Obama will alternately threaten and plead with banks to open their purse strings. "One of the main messages from this meeting is that the financial industry received extraordinary help from the government - and ultimately the taxpayer - and now the industry has an obligation to help the small-business owners," says White House spokesperson Jen Psaki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama vs. the Banks: The Pressure Intensifies | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

...addition, Vilsack took the opportunity to ask - indeed, plead - with the media to desist forever from use of the misnomer swine flu, which has been the cause of many of the pork industry's woes. "It may seem silly," said Vilsack, "unless you're a pork producer. Then, you have to tell your family you can't afford to pay the bills because you're now selling your product for less than it cost you to produce it." (Read "Amid Swine Flu Fears, the Pork Market Falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pork Gets a Swine Flu Bailout | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...papal meeting, his posture was altogether different. Leaning forward from the front edge of the chair, his shoulders slightly hunched, his crossed hands resting softly on the edge of the Pope's desk, the leader of the free world looked more like a schoolboy who'd arrived to humbly plead his case to the principal. "You must be used to getting your picture taken," Obama commented to the Pope as a scrum of photographers clicked away, then continued, "I'm still getting used to it." (Read "When Benedict Meets Barack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Pope Agree to Disagree on "Life" | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

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