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Instead, other historians speculate, the origin of the no-white-after-Labor Day rule may be symbolic. In the early 20th century, white was the uniform of choice for Americans well-to-do enough to decamp from their city digs to warmer climes for months at a time: light summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Can't Wear White After Labor Day | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

I admit that the choice not to make the forum completely user friendly might not actually be a choice per se. Perhaps Italians don’t know how to handle their ancient treasures in a tourist-pleasing manner. In this sense, my friend might be right, but visitors must...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: In Defense of Ruins | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

In fact, what the entire Palin saga really shows is what a hard time the Republican establishment is having in pleasing its conservative base and trying to expand it. Palin, after all, is at the top of many lists of possible 2012 presidential contenders, and she remains hugely popular with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Governor Who Came to Dinner: Did the GOP Snub Palin? | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

Walking the careful line between pleasing the base and not offending Hispanics will be Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who became the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee when Arlen Specter switched parties last month. Sessions himself was once a Reagan nominee to the federal bench; he was rejected by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP's Initial Tactic on Sotomayor: Play for Time | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

This recalls for me the chocolate-and-bread sandwiches that sometimes were my lunch, and always a special treat. And it is another inventive way surplus is used in Umbrian cuisine, with leftover country bread serving as the foundation of an elegant layered dessert. Though it is soaked with chocolate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lidia Bastianich's Bread Recipes | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

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