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People exercise all the time, but somehow we've still grown larger. Yes, well, once upon a time people worked physically a lot harder, unless they were kings and princesses. Even schoolkids used to use their bodies a lot more. There was a time once when kids walked to school. That never happens anymore, because the parents are so freaked out by potential child snatchers that they won't let them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margaret Atwood | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...fiscal year of 2010 might require cuts in local aid, in addition to the considerable state cuts already assessed. But Toomey did not rule out the possibility that the city could partially balance the funding of different agencies in 2010. He said that any such actions would be decided upon after budget hearings in April. —Staff writer Michal Labik can be reached at labik@fas.harvard.edu

Author: By Michal Labik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Councillors Bemoan Budget Cuts | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...Loss upon loss, and no ill luck stirring but what lights upon Uncle Sam's shoulders," The editors of the Troy Post, Sept. 7, 1813. This is frequently but incorrectly cited as the first use of the term

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uncle Sam | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

This is not the first time the Republicans have relied upon robo-calls to spur voters to the polls. In 2000, a rallying cry was Elian Gonzalez, the boy who got sent back to Cuba with his father. Elian was a hot-button topic with Cuban Americans who fought to keep the boy with relatives in Miami, and Republicans emphasized his case in robo-calls. "It's a predictable tactic," Coffey says. "Yes, there's some effectiveness. Whether it's too little, too late, I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...torture suspect Chucky Taylor, a U.S. citizen and the son of former Liberian military strongman Charles Taylor, submitted it for consideration as part of potential jury instructions. But Federal Judge Cecilia Altonaga rejected the terms laid out in the memo, saying, "I will not give an instruction that relies upon that memorandum as its authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Torture Memo Slapped Down by Court | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

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