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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that God won't let her into heaven," one boy would shout at another as the crown laughed ... In the beginning I'd fall silent when it was my turn. But I started improving ... As well as the insults we had to rap for the older boys-tell stories in chanting rhythms to entertain them-and I found that I enjoyed entertaining people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sudanese Lost Boy, Found | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...believe in democracy. 18. I cried when Spock died in Star Trek II. (See the top 10 1950s sci-fi movies.) 19. I drink two glasses of wine every night before bed. Wait, did I just admit to alcoholism? 20. If you asked me to tell you my favorite movie, I would have a hard time not saying Titanic. (See the 100 best movies of all time.) 21. I once sent a teacher into early retirement by pretending to be a cheetah and swiping at her from under a desk. 22. I once ran into New Kids On the Block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...climate change. "It's not just the question of having a deal, but an ambitious deal," says Hedegaard. "We need to come out with what is needed, and not just the least common denominator." But that will be easier said than done - as a former Vice President can tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hazy Forecast for Climate Summit | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...sure, it is not for me to tell any woman that she needs to be open to romantic connections with men. So if you say, you know what? I'm 45, I've had my kids, and I'm done. Fine. Okay. Or, I'm 75 and I'm done. Great. But to the degree that that opting out is code for, this makes me too anxious, I'm too fat, I'm too old, I'm too tired, I don't like any of those men anyway, all the good ones are taken, all that negativity...to those women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Naked Again — Dating After Divorce or Widowhood | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...once, while still a bishop, he showed up at the house of cocaine king Pablo Escobar disguised as a milkman. Revealing himself, Castrillón implored Escobar to confess his sins, which, presumably at some considerable length, the vicious gangster did. "Anyone who's had interaction with him will tell you he's an imperious [person] who acts first and worries about the consequences later," says the Vatican official. "Sometimes I don't think he even cares about the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cardinal Behind the Pope's Lefebvrite Flap | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

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