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...here is a simple test to tell if a thing is alive. Put it in salty water. Some things, like babies and crayfish, will do well. They get bigger, stronger and more organized. Others, even "smart" things like iPods and cell phones, laptops, cars and TVs, stop working immediately. They rust and decompose. (I know because I've dropped most of these things in.) Inanimate things, including, alas, my boat, naturally fall apart. They are obeying a law of nature. The salty water just makes them do it faster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Aquatic Life | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

...partners," and the city says it launched its campaign at the urging of Bronx community groups. Futterman believes that much of the squabbling over the plan is territorial. "AIDS is very politicized," she says. "A lot of people working in HIV/AIDS think they're the only ones who are smart enough to deal with it." Her message for the HIV/AIDS advocacy community: "Don't hold this thing hostage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Battle in the Bronx Over HIV Testing | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

Colbert is the series' rock, and a straightman contrast to the constantly yammering Person, his driver. As the stoic enigma and the hopped-up smart-ass speed through the desert landscape, you could almost take Kill for a surreal road comedy. The drama of this outstanding miniseries, and its horror, comes from knowing where that road leads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...Beltway [June 23]. I am a 57-year-old black female. We Democrats must have a white male on the ticket with Barack Obama to guarantee a win in November because this is a white man's world. I say this with no animosity. The Veep must also be smart, handsome, Southern, military and reasonably conservative. We're on a roll. Marlene B. Feltus-Jackson, New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...having good government that works - black, white or Technicolor. We Democrats must have a white male on the ticket with Barack Obama to guarantee a win in November, because this is a white man's world. I say this with no animosity or bitterness. The Veep must also be smart, handsome, Southern, a military man and reasonably conservative. We're on a roll. Marlene B. Feltus-Jackson, NEW ORLEANS

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Disaster | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

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