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...British troops were defeated by the Afghans in 1842 during the first Anglo-Afghan war-the Eton and Oxford alumnus looks and sometimes sounds like an unreconstructed colonial nawab. He clasps his hands behind his head, exposing a pair of malachite cufflinks that glitter against gleaming white cuffs. "The secret to a good suit," he muses, "is using a heavy wool fabric. It keeps the shape much better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stewart of Afghanistan | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...swimmer too, and I've been on a local team for six years and love it. I'm pretty good, but my butterfly isn't very good. What's your secret? Kathryn Wertheimer WHIPPANY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Michael Phelps | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...each, in addition to a DJ in the dining hall. “In Vino Veritas!” Verdict: Whatever. The Eliot Fete As Ben Folds said at Yardfest ’06, “Eliot House really sucks.” Each year, the United States Secret Service swoops in to protect Eliot House, its elitist residents and their personal swipe-gate from curious outsiders. No one knows the truth about what happens inside, but if any Eliot dude is looking for a date, feel free to let me know. Verdict: Guilty. The Dunster House Formal...

Author: By Elizabeth B. Rose, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Springtime: Open Bars, High Spirits | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...shaving (Tolkien scholars will know that The Lord of the Rings takes place in Middle Earth's Third Age). The First Age has a different feel to it: it's younger and wilder somehow. The elves, distant figures in The Lord of the Rings, spend more time outside their secret spa-resorts mixing it up with mere mortals. When, in the midst of a huge battle, a balrog rears up and whips down a warrior like it's no big thing, right there in the thick of the press, you realize the rules of the First Age are a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Tolkien Novel | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...Pentagon's never been able to keep a secret, but top officials were really steamed this week when some unknown defense official tipped off the press to the impending announcement that Army troops would be spending more time in combat zones. In an ideal world, commanders want to be able to tell their combat units, in their own way, that they won't be going home as early as they hoped. Instead, Army grunts got the bad news via the Internet after it leaked prematurely to reporters Tuesday night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gates Angry, Bush Ambushed by Leak | 4/14/2007 | See Source »

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