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...least not until the ratings tank). With all due respect to conservatives' electoral achievements, the cultural changes that helped drive them to the polls this year--most notably stem-cell research and gay marriage--are still barreling down the pike like souped-up Hummers. Stem-cell science will progress with or without Washington's support. (Indeed, thanks to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California will be raising $3 billion to advance the cause.) And once the science reaches a certain point, most legislators will undergo a conversion. It's one thing to oppose research that still looks like a barely conceivable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Is Over, but the War Goes On | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...tried to use his popularity to go around the Democrat-controlled legislature, but governing through ballot initiatives has its limits. "Arnold is the 'stop the bleeding' guy," says Joel Kotkin, a Schwarzenegger supporter who is an economic analyst at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington. "But I don't know if he is going to do the reconstructive surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Arnold Show | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...fact, he asked, “Did the guys have a little more left in the tank because it was Maine in the third period? Probably. I would hope so. I think when you’re a competitor like our guys are, that’s part of the package...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CROSS 'EM OFF: M. Hockey Tops Fourth-Straight Ranked Team, Avenges Last Year's Loss to Maine | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

...Bhopal suffered one of the worst industrial accidents of modern times. On the edge of town stood a seven-hectare pesticide plant owned by the U.S. company Union Carbide. Around midnight, water passed through a safety valve that had been deactivated and poured into a 13-meter steel tank of methyl isocyanate (MIC). The water caused a superheated reaction, turning the MIC into a deadly gas; the tank ruptured, breaking clean through its concrete housing; and 27 tons of MIC was released into the gentle southerly breeze that made kite-flying Bhopal's favorite sport. Over the next weeks, months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhopal: 20 Years After | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...favorite T shirt design from dollfacepunk.com--"How About Never? Is Never Good for You?"--also comes on a spaghetti tank top, trucker hat and thong. See Retro Collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: Cool Gifts | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

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