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...only fair to point out that breeders aren't a solitary priesthood. They flip horses the way real estate speculators once flipped condos. With dollar signs in their eyes, they savor 2- and 3-year-old horses, exactly the way the fashion industry looks at long-stemmed 14-year-old girls, exactly the way the celebrity culture gazes on Britney and Lindsay and Miley, exactly the way shoe-company reps scrutinize boys on basketball courts. Horses, fashion models, teen stars--they're all produced for maximum profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Lap. | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...even longer "viaduct." With Whit Monday falling on May 12 this year, the four-day weekend set to begin with the Victory Day celebration on May 8 will now extend itself all the way to the following Tuesday morning. French lovers of such five-day "viaduct" weekends had better savor this one, however: in 2009 all May holidays fall on either a Friday or Monday - making even "pont" construction impossible. And in 2010 and 2011, they'll on turn up on weekends, redefining May as the cruelest month, not for bosses, but for their staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cruelty of May | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...spontaneously applauding arias and standing for their favorite singers during curtain calls. The tenor can't hear the ovation, but it's not really for him anyway. It's for the guy in the eighth row who's never been that close to Nessun dorma before and wants to savor the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hannah Montana Live! (Sort of) | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...originally wrote his African stories in his spare time as Christmas gifts for friends. Born in Zimbabwe, he portrays Africa not as a cauldron of war, disease and children with flies in their eyes, but as a proud, tranquil and hopeful place, where people lead full, ordinary lives and savor redbush tea amid rising prosperity. Often they manage all this without ever meeting a white man. "The books don't ask, 'What's wrong with Africa? What can we fix?'" says Minghella. "They're about what we can learn from Africa, not what we can teach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magical Mystery | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...know that the Easter Bunny isn’t a real animal, and we should all know that the milk chocolate he brings to children isn’t real chocolate. Grown-ups who’ve weaned themselves off the milky concoction have learned to savor dark chocolate, but it requires a taste for bitterness and a little bit of practice. A lot of supposed gourmets have been talking about single origin chocolate, but for starters, take several small portions of different chocolates to find a flavor you enjoy. As soon as you open the wrapper of your first...

Author: By Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Cultivating Good Taste in Food and Life | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

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