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...signal achievement of the orange revolution may be that no one can predict the winner of a campaign fought in the glare of the media, unlike recent one-horse races in neighboring Russia and Belarus. Both claim the other will try to steal victory, but the possibility of another orange revolution is small. "Every politician has nightmares about another revolution," says Rybachuk. "One not chanting a leader's name, but saying, 'To hell with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ukraine, the Death of the Orange Revolution | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

While the storyline focusing on the difficulty of maintaining relationships in a time of war may mirror the lives of members of the Armed Forces today, Tatum and Seyfried predict a much larger audience could also relate to the central themes of “Dear John.” Tatum says, “I think we could have taken John out of the military and made him anything else as long as that distance and time was between them and things come down the road that they don’t expect... This is a story [about...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love Overcomes War in 'Dear John' | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...pressure on the IPCC to be flawless will only increase as the political climate on climate change heats up. And yet, it's much harder to predict the future impact of global warming accurately, especially at the local and regional level, than it is to build the broader case that more carbon dioxide means higher temperatures. But that's exactly the sort of information policymakers will need to prepare for climate change going forward, and it's exactly the sort of information most at risk of being hyped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explaining a Global Climate Panel's Key Missteps | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...health, in the elderly. As people age, they lose muscle mass and bone density, which leads to weight loss and a declining BMI, despite an increase in body fat. Manson suggests measuring waist circumference instead, which is a more accurate gauge of abdominal obesity and tends to predict a higher risk of death in all age groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Being Fat May Not Be All Bad — if You're 70 | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...Right now, John Paul fans are praying for his rapid rise to sainthood. Benedict has already waived the five-year waiting period after death to start the process. The next step would be beatification, which some predict will happen in October, once a miracle has been officially attributed to his intervention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book: John Paul II Whipped Himself, Weighed Retiring | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

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