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Although military training and beauty pageants may seem to be polar opposites, Sinnott said that pageants and the military have a lot in common...

Author: By Emily C. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Guns n' Roses | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...BERLIN Polar cub stirs zoo debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Apr. 9, 2007 | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...make a mess we have. If droughts and wildfires, floods and crop failures, collapsing climate-sensitive species and the images of drowning polar bears didn't quiet most of the remaining global-warming doubters, the hurricane-driven destruction of New Orleans did. Dismissing a scientist's temperature chart is one thing. Dismissing the death of a major American city is something else entirely. What's more, the heat is only continuing to rise. This past year was the hottest on record in the U.S. The deceptively normal average temperature this winter masked record-breaking highs in December and record-breaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Now For Our Feverish Planet? | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...that there may be suicide bombers in town, so we took precautions. I wrapped a scarf tightly around my head to hide my blond hair, and thought about buying a pair of brown contact lenses next time I return to the U.S. Balazs Gardi, TIME's photographer, traded his polar fleece and khakis for a shalwar kameez, the loose tunic and baggy trousers worn by Afghan men. Suicide bombers here often seek targets of opportunity, so we didn't want to draw any attention to ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Among the Taliban Bombers | 3/19/2007 | See Source »

That's a weird question. I am African American, so whatever experience I am going through is the African-American experience. If I decided to go to Antarctica and raise polar bears, it's still the African-American experience. Should I lift people up? Everyone, black or white, should feel a responsibility to help others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Chris Rock | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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