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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...attractive young delivery man, we see him improbably happen upon a literary journal containing a picture of the young Thurman, looking defiant and hip, alongside some of Eliza's early prose. He starts reading aloud and she stops him, thankfully. "That was my thing," she says without a trace of irony. "That kind of ferociously lyrical fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uma and Motherhood: A Parody Waiting to Happen | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

With the health workers, regardless of how statistically safe these vaccinations are, there are relevant concerns with getting vaccinations. For example, the H1N1 vaccine packaged in a multidose vial contains the mercury compound thimersol, which though present in trace amounts, could still bother consumers. And there is the infamous case from 1976 when the vaccine used to treat swine flu was associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, causing paralysis in some patients. There are few data to provide conclusive evidence of causation, and scientists now assure us that the production of vaccines has greatly improved in the last 30 years...

Author: By Christopher J. Hollyday, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Who Decides Our Health? | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...factors, including brushstroke patterns, analysis of the artist's signature, dating of the pigments or canvas used or even the instinctive (but subjective) opinion of academics who have extensively studied an artist's portfolio. A painting's provenance, or its history of ownership, is also important. Being able to trace a portrait back from owner to owner over the course of centuries is no small feat, and it often lends significant weight to a work's legitimacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Do Experts Authenticate Art? | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...They trace the problem to several non-recyclable, non-compostable components of Fly-By: the plastic wrap on sandwiches, the cups and lids that were used for drinks and soups, and the Styrofoam containers used for entrees...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fly-By Goes Greener | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...even those who don't have family connections to Detroit are drawn there by the comforting presence of a large Arab-American community. A third of Dearborn's 100,000 residents are of Middle Eastern origin; they trace their ancestry to over a dozen Arab nations, but the largest groups are Lebanese, Yemeni and Iraqi-Chaldean. In areas like the Southend and eastern Dearborn, the language you're most likely to hear in the streets is Arabic. There are mosques, grocery stores that sell Arabic goods and restaurants that serve Arabic food. Two-thirds of all schoolkids are of Arab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Iraqi Refugees, a City of Hope | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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