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Rather than the politically correct, nonjudgmental phrase that has been foisted on presenters for more than two decades - "And the Oscar goes to ..." - presenters this year introduced each winner with the blunt, old-fashioned but perfectly accurate phrase "And the winner is ..." (See the top 10 memorable moments of the 2010 Academy Awards...
...Grammy and Emmy ceremonies have no plans to change from their "award goes to" phrasing, according to spokespeople. As for next year's Oscars? That's a decision for the producers who are in charge next year. "It's not permanent," a show spokesperson tells TIME...
...Wang, preventive-health experts at Brigham conducted the first long-term study of women's drinking habits and weight gain. The study involved 19,220 women over the age of 38 who were of normal weight. Researchers asked the women about their alcohol consumption over the past year and recorded how much of four different types of alcoholic beverages they consumed - beer, red wine, white wine and liquor. The researchers measured the average ethanol content of each beverage and then calculated each volunteer's average alcohol intake; they also weighed each woman five times over the course of the follow...
History Unearthed I'm surprised you fell for a 3,000-year-old propaganda trick by assuming that the "City of David" was founded by King David [Feb. 8]. It was not; he only conquered it, even the Bible tells us so (2 Samuel 5: 6-9; Joshua 15: 63). Strangely, the last paragraph refers to the city's 6,000-year history and even explicitly mentions the Jebusites who were there before David. That's a bit inconsistent with a founding date of 1,000 B.C. Michael Scharl, VIENNA
...often speak on the phone. And as an old parliamentarian, I'm always anxious to go to Capitol Hill when I am in Washington. We knew there was an issue for the President for timing, but he will be coming to Portugal for the NATO at the end of year. (See pictures from Obama's overseas trips...