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...from the canvas, even when he had knocked himself down - maybe especially when he had knocked himself down. It was his fate to prove that the Kennedys weren't storybook princes conjured to life, and his triumph lies in the fact that he didn't let the myth stop him. His sister Eunice, who died two weeks before Ted (only Jean survives from the nine Kennedy children), did something similar with her great creation, the Special Olympics. Her father had tried to erase the blemish of a handicapped daughter; this younger Kennedy chose instead to reveal the glory behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ted Kennedy: Bringing the Myth Down to Earth | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

Kennedy also relied on his faith as he watched his two eldest children struggle with cancer. While his daughter Kara was undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital in the Mission Hill section of Boston, Kennedy used to stop for prayer at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, the church where his funeral will take place on Saturday, Aug. 29. The amount of time her youngest child spent in churches would have surprised and gratified Rose Kennedy. In 1995, Teddy spoke of her legacy, "She sustained us in the saddest times by her faith in God, which was the greatest gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ted Kennedy's Quiet Catholic Faith | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...never found a non-medical person abusing this drug that has ever lived," says Wischmeyer. Propofol's potency leaves very little margin for mistakes. "The terrifying thing about this drug is that it might take your stress away, but if you take one or two cc's more, you stop breathing," says Wischmeyer. "This is not like Vicodin - take too much and you get a little high. With propofol, you might not survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jackson's Death: How Dangerous Is Propofol? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...overthink. In her fifth experiment, Wood found that when research subjects are prompted to "STOP and THINK CAREFULLY" about a choice - she literally put those commands in capitals in the instructions - people were more likely to opt for their old, familiar choices. The lesson? Don't think, don't look, just leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discomfort Food: Change May Make Us Crave It More | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...inspector general's report says it "did not uncover any evidence that these plots were imminent." The CIA memos say information gained from detainees led to "arrests [that] disrupted attack plans in progress" - but stop short of attributing this directly to the enhanced interrogations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did the Harsh Interrogation Methods Actually Work? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

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