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...language acts as a barometer of society's changing mores and preoccupations, then in the past two years scores of people have developed an interest in gourmet sex (lovemaking that is particularly passionate and enjoyable), the mankini (a man's swimming costume consisting of a narrow V-shaped piece of material extending from the crotch to the shoulders) and Fannie Mae (the informal name for the Federal National Mortgage Association that buys and sells mortgage debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twitter and Gourmet Sex: They're in the Dictionary Now | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...clashed openly with Reagan over weapons development and support for the Contras. Kennedy also grew to be a staunch supporter of gay and women’s rights, and his opposition to Reagan’s Supreme Court candidate Robert Bork, a constitutional originalist who hoped to overturn Roe v. Wade, is credited with preventing Bork’s nomination. On the Senate floor, Kennedy furiously alleged that “Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Farewell to a Senator | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...challenges we face are many, but through our partnership our two great democracies will meet them in a spirit of cooperation and friendship," Ambassador John V. Roos said in a statement Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Opposition Scrambles To Form Transition Team | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Gulfstream V...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Congressional Aircraft | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Mounting demand for congressional travel may help explain why the House initially ordered the Pentagon to buy two more $65 million Gulfstream V jets as part of the $636 billion defense budget, along with a pair of $70 million military-grade Boeing 737s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Congressional Aircraft | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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