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...starts with a lost bag - the black duffel Delta Airlines lost on my recent trip from Kansas City to New York City after a nightmarish day of travel: a canceled flight on a perfectly clear morning; a cumbersome rerouting through Atlanta; arrival at LaGuardia after 6 p.m., more than five hours late. When my bag failed to show up, I faced yet another missed connection: to the bus I needed to catch for the two-hour ride to my final destination. So rather than wait in line at the lost-luggage counter, I took a phone number to call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Airlines' Customer-Complaint Lines: No Answer | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...what happens now? Detractors will probably continue to hammer at the document even as it's readied for the Sex and Relationships Education Conference starting Sept. 7 in Birmingham, England. The guidelines will then be presented to the U.N. in New York City sometime in October, at which point governments and education officials can either act on or ignore them as they wish. There's a chance that, in the U.S., UNESCO's recommendations will be drowned out by the knee-jerk outrage of conservative pundits. But at least the guidelines can undergo sober and thoughtful examination in more open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Conservatives Attack UNESCO's Sex-Ed Guidelines | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...comments ensue about Columbia's acceptance rate and...outsourcing sex to other New York colleges. "can the men at NYU integrate your curves?" inquires one commenter...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...first, I thought, 'Is he a window washer?' But he had no equipment." - Kim Severson, a New York Times reporter who watched Robert climb the Times building in New York City in June 2008. (New York Times, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alain Robert, the "French Spiderman" | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...endangering his own life and the lives of other people." - Zee Mosher, 33, a graphic designer who witnessed the Times building attempt. (New York Times, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alain Robert, the "French Spiderman" | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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