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Central to the book's appeal is the compelling voice of its main character, Renée Michel, a 54-year-old Paris apartment-building concierge who struggles to hide her self-taught erudition and cultivation from snobby, rich tenants. She disdains their élitist notions of class and social order, but she knows the residents would be outraged at discovering what a deep grasp the hired help has of art and learning. So Renée masks her intellect behind the persona expected of her lowly station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muriel Barbery: An Elegant Quill | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...feet and, on certain difficult mornings, it seems, the breath of a mammoth," Renée says by way of introduction. "But above all, I conform to the image assigned to concierges. It would never occur to anyone that I am better read than all these self-satisfied rich people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muriel Barbery: An Elegant Quill | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...rich doing it? I did well, not so much through porn but because of the marketing that came from porn: the rolling papers, the penis pills - which I'm on a lot of infomercials for - the skateboards and the T-shirts made me fairly wealthy. Also the reality shows, which came because of porn both here and in Europe. I go to topless clubs and nude clubs, crack jokes and do a burlesque act while the girls are stripping. I make jokes and then we do autographs, meet and greets, like the ambassador of good will. That has added real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ron Jeremy: My Life as a Porn Star | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

Strate says it's conceivable that eating nuts may help prevent the development of diverticulitis. Nuts are rich in minerals like zinc and magnesium, which are known to contribute to a healthy colon, and they have anti-inflammatory properties. Likewise, popcorn contains lutein, a micronutrient that also has anti-inflammatory characteristics. Though many nutrition experts encourage consumption of nuts and seeds today, when the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study began in 1984, they weren't exactly considered a health food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuts and Popcorn: OK for the Colon? | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

...hidden time bombs are the thousands of votes cast by Biden in the Senate, and the millions of words uttered by him publicly over 36 years," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "There has got to be rich material for negative ads in there. But then again, people don't vote for or against the vice presidential nominees." Indeed, perhaps with his choice in mind, Obama last week underlined that he would be the one making foreign policy decisions in the Oval Office, while acknowledging he was looking for someone to challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama-Biden Springfield Debut | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

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