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...wife beneath a quilt in their basement, but they heard the storm rip their home from its foundations. Marvin George, a pastor at the Baptist church, took shelter in his closet. "We just knelt and prayed," he says. "I wasn't scared until the next morning, when I saw the carnage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Greensburg | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Others saw in the devastation a blank slate on which Greensburg could build back better by building back greener--with energy-efficient homes and offices powered by Kansas' abundant wind and biofuel resources. The community could become a mecca for environmentalists, drawing green businesses and new jobs. Daniel Wallach, an entrepreneur from a nearby town, formed the nonprofit Greensburg GreenTown shortly after the tornado to promote this transformation. "It could be a living laboratory," he says, "to demonstrate to the rest of the country and the world what a town of the future could look like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Greensburg | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...have been in love with Clooney since I first saw him on ER. How can I get him to come to my house and check my carbon monoxide alarm? Nancy Harris, NEW YORK CITY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...noted that the people who saw Truth already cared enough to spend leisure time watching a lecture about melting polar ice caps. It's not clear minds were changed. The converted saw the film and worried more; the rest went to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Film Change The World? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...liberals, who are more than twice as likely as conservatives to say they prefer documentaries, what talk radio is for conservatives: a way of rallying the base. Many follow the pattern of the $370 million--grossing 2004 juggernaut The Passion of the Christ. Fewer than 0.1% of those who saw the film said they became Christians as a result, according to a Barna Group poll, but 18% of the audience said some aspect of their religious behavior changed--mostly praying and attending church more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Film Change The World? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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