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...recent graduates are served an entrée of opportunity it is likely that our legendary pioneers from yesteryear would charge them with the responsibility of being the link between past and future...

Author: By Howard A. Zucker | Title: Banquet for a Better World: | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...totally acceptable spice. "All these things like hoecakes and this Southern kind of baking - I wish there was more of that," says Kurlansky of the U.S.'s disappearing dishes. "In the West, they had sourdough pancakes. Some of the local alcohols" - he stops to ponder the various homebrews of yesteryear and concludes, "We don't make enough booze in this country." Indeed, the Arkansan art of producing cherry bounce (cherry-infused whiskey) needs to return. (See pictures of urban farming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating Local Before It's Too Late | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...desire for all of you to give your pledge." Not good enough? There's more. The video, complete with a Michael Jackson-style note - "You are not alone!" - at the beginning, will be presented to Obama during the Inaugural festivities. Much like the call-to-action videos of campaign yesteryear, Moore asks others to post their own videos and add to Eva Longoria Parker's vow to "plant 500 trees this year" or Moore's pledge to "free 1 million people from slavery in the next five years." Might be better to keep it simple, though, like Jason Bateman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebs Pledge Allegiance | 1/20/2009 | See Source »

...news crew within 100 miles today.) McCain - henpecked by an incumbent he never liked, a dire economy he can't control and a newcomer with less baggage than the Tooth Fairy - suddenly seemed free from worry. He remembered his years as a leading man in those dramatic episodes of yesteryear - campaign-finance reform, the Gang of 14 - and he was glad to reprise his role as The Fighter. For the first time since the Republican convention (just six weeks ago, though to him it must feel like years), John McCain was in control of the narrative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Throws Sink, and Plumber, But Obama Isn't Rattled | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...been baseball's best big game hitter the last three seasons. It's April. It's cold. He's coming back from knee surgery. Get out of his way. Give him air. Let Papi be Papi. For once, can we not be the Chicken Little Nervous Nellies of yesteryear? This guy carried us to two World Series championships, the first time that's happened in my lifetime. Guess what? He's human. He's recovering. He'll get his swing back. All will be right in the world. They didn't bury his jersey under the new Yankees Stadium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Kerry's Advice for Big Papi | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

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