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Since returning to Washington, he has expanded his turf so that it touches on nearly every area of domestic and international policy, from health-care reform to trade. Obama has elevated Summers to a level on par with the President's daily intelligence briefers, asking him to orchestrate work-ups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Larry Summers Save the Economy? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

6. On the "File and Dossier" approach to getting a prisoner to give up information: "The [interrogator] prepares a dossier containing all available information concerning the source or his organization. The information is carefully arranged within a file to give the illusion that it contains more data than actually there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Army Field Manual | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

Women unfamiliar with rugby culture needn't worry. A Girl's Guide to Rugby accompanies each book; it doesn't just explain the meaning of offside and line-outs but also provides information about where to view matches - they can jet off to Dubai for the International Rugby Sevens or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Rugby and Romance Be a Match Made in Publishing Heaven? | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

The man who made Deep Throat and the man who was Deep Throat - Gerard Damiano and Mark Felt - both died last year. So did one half of the Kingston Trio (explanation to come). So, seven weeks apart, did the two stars of an Oscar-winning movie from a half-century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Corliss's 2008 Entertainment Death Reel | 1/10/2009 | See Source »

Welcome to the brave new world of "cognitive enhancement," a term that typically refers to the use of attention- or memory-boosting prescription drugs, such as Adderall, Ritalin and modafinil (Provigil), along with other performance-raising medications, to improve productivity. College kids have been doing it for years. About 7...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Popping Smart Pills: The Case for Cognitive Enhancement | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

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