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Presidents, like normal people, tend to seek in others what they admire about themselves. Which brings us to the par-5 12th hole at Woodlawn golf course in Fort Belvoir, Va., on Father's Day. Vice President Joe Biden, an 8 handicap, has leaked a 3-wood into the trees near the green. He stands amid the underbrush, talking with his match-play teammate, the President of the United States. (See pictures of Presidents at the beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: America's (Not So Great) Golfer-in-Chief | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...public. Available rooms are mostly singles or twin share, although Keble offers a few family suites sleeping three. A full English breakfast (or a less gut-busting muesli-and-yoghurt option) is thrown in, and you could very well be enjoying it on trestle tables in a centuries-old, wood-paneled dining hall, under the stern gaze of portraits of college worthies. Afterward, you're free to stroll around your adopted college's grounds. If your overnight stay has given you a taste for Oxford behind the scenes, you could also try taking the entertaining 90-minute guided tour from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Night at Oxford | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...duck walk, so Doug Ingalls recently posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a contractor to handle a 1,000-sq.-ft. job in his suburban Syracuse, N.Y., home. After weeding out fumble-fingered impostors, Ingalls found a professional who spent a weekend scoping the job, laying the wood, nailing down the loose ends and sweeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tables Turned: Contractors Now at Homeowners' Mercy | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

Although the Ghost is being marketed as a downsized luxury car, a Rolls-Royce is still a Rolls-Royce. The new model is chock-full of exquisite details, from its soft leather seats to the wood-veneer finish of its Art Deco-inspired dashboard. The Ghost also boasts a 6.6-L V12 engine capable of top speeds of 155 m.p.h., but it still promises to provide a silky-smooth, ultra-quiet ride. (See the most important cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolls-Royce Unveils a Recession-Ready Limousine | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...don’t have swine flu—knock on wood. Many signs inform me that the buttons of most elevators are disinfected every hour. Or they instruct me on proper “coughing etiquette...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: Sometimes I Stare, Sometimes I’m Stared At | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

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