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...actor who never lived up to the reputations of his estranged, more famous family members, including his father John and his daughter Drew Barrymore; of undisclosed causes; in Los Angeles. He started acting at 17, landing roles in westerns like The Sundowners and High Lonesome, and appearing in a string of low-budget films in the U.S. and abroad. But he abused drugs and alcohol, frequently got into fights and was jailed several times for drunkenness and domestic violence. By the late 1960s his career had fizzled, and he spent his later years largely as a recluse...
...guard against money laundering, among other things. To atone, Prince bowed deeply during a press conference in Tokyo. Then Citi's new boss came home and laid down the law during a recent conference call. "This will not continue while I'm in charge," he insisted, referring to the string of ethical breaches...
...other cognitive skills that might be linked to sleep. In January, Jan Born and his colleagues at the University of Lübeck in Germany published a clever study that shows why sleeping on a problem often brings such good results. They asked 106 test subjects to transform a string of numbers into a different string of numbers, using a simple but tedious mathematical equation. Unbeknownst to the study volunteers, there was a hidden trick to the calculations that could cut their response time dramatically. A good night's sleep between practice sessions more than doubled--from...
...latest string of Internet questionnaires (“memes”) that have graced my monitor have consisted mostly of questions that I wouldn’t answer in such a public forum. Instead, I will devise my own list especially tailored to our lives. Grab a pen and join in the fun! And if you know the etymology of “meme,” please shoot me an email. Here I present to you this year’s stats, divided into easily digestible categories. (Who says humanities people can’t do math...
...Singer with Muscles The Milestone on baritone Howard Keel [Nov. 22] reminded readers of his success in a string of Hollywood musicals, one of which was Kiss Me Kate. Fifty-one years ago, when the film was released, TIME's critic wasn't all that keen on it but had praise for Keel's performance...