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...other hand, cigarettes can do wonderful things too. They make decidedly uncool people (like myself) socially passable. They are a great conversation starter if you’re trying to score a date. They sustain you on a late-night Adderall binge with a paper due tomorrow...

Author: By Thea S. Morton | Title: The World Is My Ashtray | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...those who still can't quite shake the notion that a direct-selling party is incredibly uncool, there's the Internet?both for buying Shaklee products and for learning about them. "The next generation is the most networked generation in history," says Barnett, who is on Facebook. "They're constantly talking and referring. Our business model is not dependent on people gathering in a home to demonstrate it. It's dependent on people learning something they didn't know, having a positive experience with our products and then sharing that with their friends." No matter how famous or ordinary those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Green Into Clean | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...great job identifying steps to improve the supply side of education, but what about the demand side? In how many schools is being smart seen as uncool? In how many schools are the real heroes those who excel in sports rather than academics? How many parents are not involved enough in their children's education? If we can inspire a greater love of learning--not for test results but just for a high regard for achievement--there would be no need for the NCLB legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Nobody likes to talk about it. It's politically uncool - putting a human body out and letting it decompose - but unfortunately it is a necessary artifact of human society," Byrd says. Once the cadaver has been exposed to open air, the bones picked clean by wildlife and insects, the skeletal remains are studied, then measured, catalogued and archived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CSI Too Close to Home | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...curl up to a lamppost and croon. "I wanted to make something naturalistic," says John Carney, who wrote and directed Once after a stint as The Frames' bass player, in part because he thinks his 16-year-old niece's generation has dismissed the movie musical genre as uncool. "It's a shame people are missing out," Carney says. He's onto something - Once won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and it has tough-to-charm critics swooning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes a Modern Movie Musical Sing? | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

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