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...himself professes to be completely unconcerned. Campaign manager Christopher Nicholas says Specter is "fighting trim" physically and is politically committed to Democratic ideals. "There are folks on the extremes of either party who will never be satisfied," Nicholas says of liberal voters suspicious of Specter, "but you have to plow ahead and work with those folks who are with you and try to minimize the impact of those that are not with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Joe Sestak Buck the Odds Against Arlen Specter? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

...then - in moments that genuinely did seem unscripted - Kate would wilt, leaning against the kitchen counter with a cup of coffee and seeming, for the twinkling of an eye, as though she were allowing herself to absorb the shock of it all. But then she would shake it off, plow forward, harass Jon into making himself a lower-calorie lunch and go back to wiping down the counters and giving orders. (See the top 10 skanky reality shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...response to Washington's pressure, the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had thought it might earn a little breathing space with the Obama Administration by destroying a few illegal settlers' outposts. But even that has gone badly. No sooner did the army bulldozers plow under a few hilltop outposts - usually nothing more than a few trailers and shacks built on private Palestinian land - than the settlers were back with renewed zeal, along with nails and concrete to rebuild their smashed homes. As one settler, Ariyeh Davis, told the Israeli Internet news agency Ynet, "Our answer is 'expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israeli Rejection of Settlement Freeze: Trouble for Obama | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...store after Schulkin solicited bids from 23 stores in the area to find the business that would promise to spend the highest percentage of Carrotmob profits on more energy-efficient lighting. The crowd spent more than $9,200 at the K&D Market, which then fulfilled its pledge to plow 22% of the day's revenue into greener lighting - with the haul from the Carrotmob providing enough cash to make all the improvements recommended by an energy auditor (and Carrotmob supporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoppers, Unite! Carrotmobs Are Cooler than Boycotts | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

...production from the current 100 million metric tons to 180 million metric tons by 2021-22 to keep pace with growing population and expanding disposable incomes. Livestock such as cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, horses and mules are indispensable to India's rural economy - whether the animals are yoked to plow land, raised for milk and manure or harnessed to pull carts to move goods and people. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates that livestock contribute 5.3% to total GDP, up from 4.8% during 1980-81. But, says K.K. Singhal, head of dairy cattle nutrition at the National Dairy Research Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cows with Gas: India's Global-Warming Problem | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

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