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...food, it seems, is safe these days from being repackaged in a shiny platinum case as an upscale product--there's even a $40 bottle of water designed by a Hollywood producer and sold in a frosted-glass container affixed with Swarovski crystals. I don't know if economists use bottled water as a measure of financial well-being, but there must be a growing split between the rich and the poor. Because even as some people worry about being able to put any kind of food on the table, the sales of specialty foods are up 17% over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gourmet Groceries — for More! | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...have been such a big part of my imagination.” Despite the differences between Sturgess and his character, the actor felt a kinship with the role of Ben. “He needs a kick-start to think outside of the box and not live in a safe environment, which is so easy for all of us to do. And I think acting is what stops me from doing that,” he said. Like Ben, Sturgess sees risk-taking as crucial to his acting abilities. “We can see why it?...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sturgess Lays Cards on the Table in '21' | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...history of Harvard-UVM to lose,” co-captain Natalie Curtis said. “So we weren’t underestimating them even though they weren’t one of the top teams to play.”Despite winning the game by a safe three goals, Harvard came into the match with higher expectations.“We struggled a little bit,” senior Caroline Simmons said. “We got off to a slow start and I think that the game was closer than it should have been...

Author: By Michael J. Buckley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Win Streak Hits Four Before Loss | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

After nearly four years of hoping and praying for his safe return, the parents of the nation's first soldier listed as missing in action in the Iraq war said their son's remains have been found in Iraq. An Army general visited the couple in a Cincinnati suburb Sunday afternoon to give Carolyn and Keith Maupin the sad news about their son, Sergeant Matt Maupin. "Matt is coming home," his father said. "He's completed his mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq War's First MIA Is Dead | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

King's depression was also fed by the fallout from butting heads with the soft, safe image manufactured for him. The more he protested poverty, denounced the Vietnam War and lamented the unconscious racism of many whites, the more he lost favor and footing in white America. For the first time in almost a decade, in January 1967 King's name was left off the Gallup-poll list of the 10 most admired Americans. Financial support for his organization nearly dried up. Mainstream publications turned on him for diving into foreign policy matters supposedly far beyond his depth. Universities withdrew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Burdens of Martyrdom | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

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