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...farce continued: Every gold-digging hunk who ever mixed sweat with the rapacious model suddenly wanted a paternity test to claim fatherhood of her infant—or, more accurately, wanted charge of the fortune she inherited through her marriage to an ancient millionaire, which is now held in trust for her daughter...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: A Model Death | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

...Bhabha said he expects: “If she takes a view that differs from some aspect of faculty opinion, it will be difficult to say she has not carefully listened to her colleagues.” By being a good listener, Faust may be able to earn enough trust from her colleagues to respectfully disagree with them without sparking controversy...

Author: By Melissa Quino mccreery | Title: Faust’s Scientific Leadership | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

...lives of the rich and the damaged were a common subject - almost a genre in itself, with the likes of Bette Davis or Joan Crawford facing the consequences of their pasts or the errant behavior of their soul-crushing relatives and trying to find true love and a reliable trust fund. The clothes, hair styles and decor of these films were alone worth the price of a ticket. And that says nothing about the attendant hysteria of their plots. These were stories for grown-ups, who do not go much to mainstream movies these days. The result is that these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lifestyles of the Rich and Damaged | 3/30/2007 | See Source »

...Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen, goes even further: it says that once they can prove themselves competent, kids should have all the rights of adults. "Just about everything we do tells [teens] they're incompetent," Epstein writes. "We protect them from danger (driving, cigarettes, alcohol); we don't trust them to work or own property ... We don't allow them to make basic decisions about their health, education or religion." Epstein's proposal? Allow any kid--of any age--who can "pass one or more relevant competency tests" not only to do constructive things like sign contracts and vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents: Relax | 3/30/2007 | See Source »

...Understanding what we're collectively afraid of as a society is a very difficult task. How can we trust survey responses to questions about what we perceive is our greatest weakness? Sure it might be easy to admit to common fears like public speaking or spiders, but how likely are we to admit to "fear of monsters," "fear of pickles," or "fear of elbows." Before turning to search data to learn more about fear, I've often wondered what the most common phobias...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are We Afraid Of? | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

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