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What we are witnessing in New Hampshire is a bold and risky adventure not seen in recent political history: a completely unguarded presidential candidate just being himself, whether he's with the monkeys on the bus or the honest labor force. Such an approach might seem like nothing more than horse sense to the average Joe, but we're at a point in campaign politics where anyone who is remotely comfortable in his own skin comes off like Abe Lincoln...
...fear that they have the disease themselves. Many do. Young orphan girls often turn to sex to survive and end up catching the virus. A South African study found that 9.5% of pregnant girls under age 15 were HIV-infected. And there is virtually no money to help. A recent UNAIDS study found that the disease is spreading three times as fast as the resources to combat it. And while the children on these pages have needs that can be met with money, most told TIME of a want no money can buy--family...
...says she got the idea for her new show while watching her father's films in the hospital, where she has spent an inordinate amount of time in recent years--hip-replacement surgery, an operation to remove polyps on her vocal cords, arthroscopic surgery on both knees earlier this year. Getting reacquainted with Dad's movies "helped me so much," she says. "Sometimes God says, 'Slow down, you've got something important to do.' I feel like this was meant...
...recent study, researchers from the University of Southern California at San Diego recorded native speakers of tonal languages--Vietnamese and Chinese--in which meaning is conveyed not only by the sound of a word but also by pitch. With remarkable precision such people use the same pitch each time they say a certain word. They all have perfect pitch. Researchers think it's possible that all babies are born with perfect pitch and that those who learn a tonal language hang on to it, while most of the rest of us lose it along...
...they admire someone who puts family before work; nearly half say they've changed jobs to have more family time; and 1 in 5 say they've taken a pay cut to work less. But what we say about priorities doesn't always match what we do: a recent government study shows working hours have risen, while time with kids has fallen...