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When Ella was overweight, Felitti learned, her husband was less suspicious. And her fear of his rage - perhaps he saw her new slimmer weight as a provocation? - was probably spurring her anxiety. (See a special report on the science of appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

Some state courts have found that laws forbidding gay marriage achieve no legitimate interest at all. And others have ruled that while same-sex marriage bans may be rational, they can't survive a higher scrutiny that courts reserve for special classes of citizens - such as racial minorities and, on a more limited basis, women. No federal appeals court has so far held that gays and lesbians as a class are entitled to the special protection that requires heightened scrutiny of laws that discriminate on the basis of race or religion, for example. That may sound like a fine legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gay-Marriage Lawsuit Dares to Make Its Case | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

...arrival in the country to Genoese merchants who traveled to Moscow in the 14th century and met with Prince Dmitry Ivanovich. Monks in the Kremlin's Chudov Monastery began distilling the first Russian spirits some time in the 15th century. Ivan the Terrible served vodka to his oprichniki - the special police force that carried out his violent and, well, terrible orders. To facilitate their drunken revelry, Ivan opened kabaks, or taverns, that served vodka and other alcohol (no food). By 1648, with Russians developing a strong taste for drink, a third of the country's male population was in debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians and Vodka | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

...special report on the science of appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Weight-Loss Plan: Getting Paid to Shed Pounds | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

...were too busy partying it up with your family last night to glance up at the sky, FlyBy can assure you that the Blue Moon as promised was nothing too special. It wasn't even blue...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blue Moon Sighting To Kick Off 2010 | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

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