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...this point, there are now a million permutations of “coffee.” The barista culture has risen around (and fueled) our natural predisposition for finickiness. From an elegant cappuccino to some New Jersey diner mug-tar, there’s a coffee out there for everyone. You may add or subtract espresso shots, foam, ice, soymilk, and sugar-free hazelnut syrup as you see fit; you are free to project our personalities onto our drink to whatever extent you choose...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick | Title: Our Coffees, Ourselves | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...first artificial sweetener, saccharin, was discovered in 1879 when Constantin Fahlberg, a Johns Hopkins University scientist working on coal-tar derivatives, noticed a substance on his hands and arms that tasted sweet. No one knows why Fahlberg decided to lick an unknown substance off his body, but it's a good thing he did. Despite an early attempt to ban the substance in 1911 - skeptical scientists said it was an "adulterant" that changed the makeup of food - saccharin grew in popularity, and was used to sweeten foods during sugar rationings in World Wars I and II. Though it is about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Artificial Sweeteners Really That Bad for You? | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...deliberately crash in a race last year couldn't have come at a worse time for the sport. In the wake of a threatened walkout by teams fuming at new cost-cutting rules, public squabbling over Formula One's leadership and an episode of spying, the latest revelation could tar the image of motor sport's blue-ribbon event irreparably. The collision by Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr. during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix - enabling his teammate to snatch an unlikely victory - endangered the driver, his rivals, race marshals and even the spectators. It was, wrote the Times of London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Sports Cheats (That's You, Renault) Swindle Us All | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

Wurzelbacher, Samuel "Joe the Plumber" •appearance of at right-wing blogger conference features boast by that Nancy Pelosi is the kind of person "I usually took behind the woodshed and just beat the livin' tar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 8/21/2009 | See Source »

...According to a confidant who spoke to TIME in 2006, Khamenei hikes in jeans, sports a watch and plays the tar, a stringed instrument popular in Iran; this embrace of some of the trappings of modernity separates him from many of his fellow hard-line clerics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ayatullah Ali Khamenei: Iran's Supreme Leader | 6/17/2009 | See Source »

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