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...schlub love interests are not. They are not a female fantasy. Given Uma-like superpowers or even Condi-like earthly powers, women would not, surely, choose to waste them on bringing numskulls who look like Ben Stiller up to I'm-prepared-to-be-seen-out-with-you standard. Women need their superpowers for more important stuff like fighting illiteracy and deflecting people's attention away from the fact they've gone maybe one day too long without shaving their legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Have All the Cary Grants Gone? | 7/31/2006 | See Source »

...have to talk to smart single women for long before the subject moves on to the difficulty of finding even a standard-issue male. The more powerful the woman, the more elusive the match. Nor are married women above a little Y-chromosome deflation. "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage" was one of the most e-mailed stories from the New York Times archive in recent weeks. It's a woman's account of using taming techniques on her spouse that she picked up from animal trainers. Apparently, if it works on a cricket, it works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Have All the Cary Grants Gone? | 7/31/2006 | See Source »

...mine, Heath Bar Crunch, the gold standard of ice creams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben and Jerry | 7/31/2006 | See Source »

...reason? Hot results. According to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association, buyout funds returned 31.3% last year, scorching the 6.3% for the Standard & Poor's 500. Over time, though, buyout funds haven't provided the same premium. The annualized return for buyout funds over the past 20 years was 13.3%, compared with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Deals Wheel Again | 7/30/2006 | See Source »

...something that Nolan has freely admitted. In the 12 areas identified by the EQA—covering everything from student assessment to professional development to financial management—the administration received higher marks than in previous years. In the case of the “curriculum” standard, the school system improved substantially...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Statistics of the EQA Audit Report | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

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