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...bill would cause a 16% drop in re-enlistment rates across all four branches of the military, the same study also predicts a 16% uptick in new recruits attracted by the benefit. The bill has 58 co-sponsors, including none other than Obama - just two shy of a veto-proof majority. It was passed last week by the House with a comfortable veto-proof majority, but as an amendment to the emergency war supplemental, it could be altered as the two chambers hammer out differences between the two versions. McCain's office is confident that in the reconciliation process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does McCain Have a Vets Problem? | 5/20/2008 | See Source »

...vigor today suggests that's not a problem, he will eclipse Leni Riefenstahl (who released her last movie on her 100th birthday in 2002) as the world's oldest cineaste. And one of the most vital. "Vive le cinema!" he exclaimed before striding offstage. Oliveira is living proof that cinema is a game old men can play with agility and ageless grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Film Country for Old Men | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...pasture, it’s going to be like walking into a pasture,” said J.P. Licks founder Vince Petryk of the unorthodox plans for his new Mass. Avenue location. “They dry it and then it’s treated to be fire-proof. This is for all intents and purposes a grass-covered store....I don’t know if it’s going to look great or bad, but it’ll be different...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ice Cream Joint Grows in Square | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

Carlson says he's living proof that doctors can get things wrong, and he worries that the "right to die" will translate to premature suicide. One of his biggest concerns is that while an MD is supposed to make sure the patient is not depressed, the law does not require people seeking euthanasia to undergo a formal psychiatric evaluation by a mental health professional - none of the 49 physician-assisted suicide patients in Oregon last year had one, according to the Oregon Department of Health Services. Meanwhile, Carlson notes, an estimated 90% of suicides in the U.S. are associated with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Fight to Legalize Euthanasia | 5/16/2008 | See Source »

...think what's true is that we're recession-resistant.' CHRISTIE HEFNER, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, conceding that pornography is not recession-proof; the company lost $3.1 million in the first quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

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