Newsweek articles from November 2007

Newsweek archives from November 2007

Fear And Allergies In The Lunchroom.(Cover Story: Medicine)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Claudia Kalb; With Karen Springen, Joan Raymond In Shaker Heights And Mary Carmichael It's 1 p.m. at Mercer Elementary School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Lena Paskewitz's kindergarten class is filled with the happy hum of kids...

Ignore the Noose Makers.(Ellis Cose; FACING FACTS)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Ellis Cose Because of lynching's violent, racist history, the mere invocation of it can make people insanely angry. IN AN AGE WHEN LYNCHING IS NO LONGER ACCEPTED, WHAT IS THE MEANING of a noose? When a twisted rope, evocative...

Knocking Yourself Up.(Culture)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Lorraine Ali ***** In "Knocking Yourself Up" (Nov. 5), we referred to the Fathers & Family Web site. The correct name is Fathers & Families. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors. ***** Some women laugh about turkey basters...

Picasso: No. 1 With A Palette.(The Arts)(Pablo Picasso)(Biography)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Peter Plagens We all know who's the most celebrated artist of the century. The question is: why him? By the mid-1920s, PabloPicasso was one of the most celebrated men in Paris, and he liked people to know it. He rode around...

Art With A Real Bite.(The Arts; Sculpture)(Damien Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jennie Yabroff Damien Hirst's shark arrives in New York. The title card for the new installation of the Damien Hirst piece at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York lists the materials as "glass, steel, formaldehyde,...

They'll Always Have Paris.(The Arts; Books)(Two Lives)(Book review)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Cathleen Mcguigan Janet Malcolm's new book refuses to let Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Two lives" by Janet Malcolm is a curious book. It's not a biography or literary criticism but a document of intellectual obsession with...

Viva Las Vegas! Viva America!(Business; THE MONEY CULTURE)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Daniel Gross; With Ashley Harris Gambling may be many things: a bad habit, an addiction to some, a sin to others. In America, it's a massive industry. A British couple strolls around the corner from St. Mark's Square and asks...

The Pain Of A Lost Memory.(N'Gai Croal; American Geek)(making backups)
November 5, 2007... Byline: N'Gai Croal It's not very often that the head of a tech company makes me feel guilty. But that's what happened last month during a conversation with Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins, whose company is the world's largest...

Mail Call: Exploring Iraq's War Marriages.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 5, 2007... 'Married to Iraq': Readers welcomed the different angle on the Iraq War in our cover story on American troops and Iraqis finding love amid the conflict. One said, "The examples of these rare couples who found the happiness that every human...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jon Meacham With the possible exceptions of who assigns the arrows in the Conventional Wisdom Watch and where to send My Turn submissions, the question we are asked most frequently is how we decide what goes on the cover. Like...

Messy, But Not A Mess.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)(presidential nominations)
November 5, 2007... Byline: George F. Will The always-evolving nomination process provides ample time and challenges to compel candidates to reveal their characters and skills. Someone urging a "bold," "decisive," "comprehensive" solution to this or that...

Another Turn Of The Screw.(International)(United States santions on Iran)
November 5, 2007... Washington levies drastic new sanctions on Tehran. Is the diplomacy dead? One of the most severe sanctions packages in U.S. history was ready six weeks ago. But never before had Washington branded virtually the entire military of another...

A Terrorist Walks Free.(International)(Jamal al-Badawi)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Michael Isikoff Cole bomber Jamal al-Badawi already escaped from jail once. This time the government opened the door. One of the first big breakthroughs in the U.S. government's war against Al Qaeda came in January 2001, when a...

'It's Not a Silver Bullet'.(Future of Energy)(biofuels)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Fareed Zakaria A prominent plant biologist says that biofuels are only one part of a green energy solution. Much hope for an affordable clean-energy solution has been placed on the potential of biofuels like ethanol. Stanford...

A Mission Of Her Own.(Women & Leadership)(Hilda Hutcherson)(Interview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz Gynecologist Hilda Hutcherson is fighting to help women combat the constant pressure to be perfect. In 20 years as an obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Hilda Hutcherson has helped poor women and very wealthy...

A River Runs Through It.(Movies)(No Country for Old Men)(Movie review)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Larry McMurtry The Rio Grande has long inspired the best -- and darkest -- of stories. The author of 'Lonesome Dove' explores a new film chapter: 'No Country for Old Men.' If we allow that Cervantes kicked off the novel with...

Opening A New Chapter.(My Turn)(writing a diary)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Michael G. Herman; Herman Lives In Beverly Hills, Calif. For 18 years, I kept a diary of my son's life. Now that he's in college, what will become of these journals? Two months ago, my wife and I sadly, reluctantly proudly...

SoCal Under Siege.(Disasters; Firestorm)(Southern California)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Andrew Murr Even as flames raced up the dry canyon toward his house in rural Agua Dulce, north of Los Angeles, Bob Baker refused to evacuate. In minutes, the inferno was roaring at his backyard. "It's all over," Baker thought. But...

No Cause For Hypercaution.(Excerpt)(lessons from Iraq War)(Excerpt)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Michael J. Gerson In a new book, former Bush speechwriter and NEWSWEEK contributor Michael J. Gerson warns against learning the wrong lessons from Iraq. Whatever the eventual outcome of the Iraq War -- a precipitous,...

A Downward Spiral.(Crime)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Suzanne Smalley And Arian Campo-Flores; With Frederick Burger After his arrest on a drug charge, the 'Preppy Killer' could be headed back to jail for the rest of his life. The neighbors always suspected that something shady was...

'The Strangest Kind Of Limbo You Can Imagine'.(Disasters)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jamie Reno Stay? Go? One family tries to make up its mind. Last Tuesday morning, NEWSWEEK's Jamie Reno wrote this account of his family's anxious vigil in their home as the Witch Creek fire burned just north in hard-hit Rancho...

The Once And Future Queen.(Politics)(Theater review)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Darman Elizabeth's imperiled England is a lot like the America Clinton could well wind up leading. Queens are meant to be looked at, not touched. Early in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (in theaters now), England's...

The Scorched- Earth Obsession.(Disasters)
November 5, 2007... More than one California fire is being blamed on arson. Inside the mind of the fire starters. They call it the "devil winds." Dave Hillman woke up at 2 a.m. last Monday feeling sick. The weather reports forecast high winds, and Hillman,...

Mariska, Off The Cuff.(Newsmakers; Q&A)(Mariska Hargitay )(Interview)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Nicki Gostin Mariska Hargitay is back for her ninth season as Detective Olivia Benson, one of the toughest women on primetime, in "Law and Order: SVU." She spoke with Nicki Gostin. NEWSWEEK: DO you ever turn on the TV and say,...

She Keeps Falling For You.(Newsmakers; On The Dance Floor)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Poor Marie Osmond fainted on TV just after her samba on "Dancing With the Stars." At least she picked herself up like a pro. Then again, she's got lots of experience with recovery. Some other ups and downs: 1 Turned down the lead in...

Critics Love ... Britney?!(Newsmakers)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Stop the presses -- Britney Spears has finally done something right. The reviews of her new album, "Blackout," are so good, we bet you can't spot the fake praise: A. "Plenty of hot music for dancing one's troubles away." B. "The best...

Gosling, Or Fat Goose?(Newsmakers)(Ryan Gosling )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Peter Jackson seems laid-back, unless he's your boss. Then he might fire you. He dumped Stuart Townsend as Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings." And last week he dropped Ryan Gosling and hired Mark Wahlberg for "The Lovely Bones." The studio...

Pespectives.(Perspectives)
November 5, 2007... "This was truly an appointment with destiny." Elizabeth Gibson, on finding a painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo nestled between two big garbage bags on a New York City street. The abstract piece, missing since 1970, is expected to...

A New Intelligence Failure?(Periscope; Syria)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Hosenball The Syrian Desert facility that Israel apparently attacked in a shadowy Sept. 6 raid -- and that some administration officials believe was a secret nuclear reactor -- might be several years old. Israel bombed the...

Combat's Inner Cost.(Periscope; Psychology)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Gretel C. Kovach The Army has no other facility like it anywhere on earth. The Restoration and Resilience Center, opened in July at Fort Bliss, Texas, is the laboratory for WARP -- the Army's experimental Warrior Resilience...

The Gospel According To Obama.(Periscope; Politics)(Barack Obama )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Richard Wolffe During a stop in Tennessee last year, Barack Obama met with a group of black ministers. Among the topics they discussed: gay marriage, which Obama opposes, like most of his audience that day. But Obama challenged the...

A Tale of Two Cities, and Two Stadiums.(Periscope; ANALOGY CHECK)(San Diego, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Qualcomm Stadium; Superdome)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Darman History repeats itself, but not without a few wrinkles. We make the connections -- then pick them apart. The Comparison The housing of 10,000 fire evacuees at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium drew comparisons...

Biz News Not From A Bar.(Periscope; A CW Look At The Business World)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... It's quarterly-earnings time. Turn on the cable nets for money honeys or guys throwing chairs. Come here for the arrows. Microsoft: UP Buying 1.6 percent of Facebook: $240 million. Beating Google to the punch: Priceless. Merrill...

Up In Smoke Edition.(Periscope; Conventional Wisdom Watch)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... When rich people are victims of disaster, president cares. New dynamic duo: Dubya and Governator? Bush: NEUTRAL Says he won't "forget" Calif. fire victims. Didn't he say that to Katrina sufferers? Syria: DOWN Hastily cleanses...

A 'Modern' Boss Rises In Beijing.(Periscope; China)(Xi Jinping )
November 5, 2007... Byline: Melinda Liu and Jonathan Ansfield Henry Paulson, U.S. Treasury secretary, once called Xi Jinping "the kind of guy who gets things over the goal line." This month Xi scored the goal of his career. He has emerged as the favorite to...

The Pride of the Yankees? It Ain't Rudy.(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... A weekly mathematical survey of bad behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go. Texas Judge Sharon Keller refuses to keep her court open an extra 20 minutes so lawyers could fix a computer glitch and file a...

It's Not Easy Being Green.(Periscope; Environment)(Interview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Karen Breslau Does your vinyl shower curtain contribute to global warming? Will using a plastic razor doom the polar bears? How many bike trips does it take to offset your environmental sins? For well-meaning but utterly confused...

Is Age Just a Number?(Periscope; Technology)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett ***** Correction: In "Is Age Just a Number?" (Periscope, Nov. 5), we said that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson would turn 38 on Nov. 8. Born in 1970, Anderson, in fact, just turned 37. NEWSWEEK regrets the...

A Life in Movies: Wes Anderson.(Periscope)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... For this new wrinkle in our weekly series, director Wes Anderson ("Rushmore") took a specific approach: "Five is a short list, so I am going to choose [films] that have been on my mind lately." Each pick is about the twilight of life, he says,...

Dear John: We Beg You, Make It Stop.(Periscope; Advertising)(John Mellencamp)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Keith Naughton Our country is growing weary of "Our Country." The Chevy truck commercials featuring John Mellencamp's melancholy anthem have become so ubiquitous that they're driving sports fans to distraction. ESPN columnist Bill...

Babs's Stepson Also Rises.(Periscope; Worth Your Time)(Barbra Streisand's stepson Josh Brolin)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Marc Peyser You might call Josh Brolin the Rory Culkin (or Stephen Baldwin or Lorna Luft) of the moment. He's one of those actors who are better known for their bloodlines -- dad James Brolin, wife Diane Lane, stepmother Barbra...

On 'Perfecting' The Jews.(Periscope; BeliefWatch)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Lisa Miller Nobody is perfect, least of all Ann Coulter -- and I'm not going to worry about what she thinks about me. Imagine, if you will, a world in which the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter were not a grating opportunist who...

Something Scary Is In Your Closet.(Periscope; Kids)(growing industry of Halloween costumes for kids)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Matthew Philips Halloween costumes are supposed to be scary, but what's putting a fright into parents this year is how slinky the options are getting for their daughters. Designs for classics, like witches and princesses, are...

Lessons in Proper Netiquette.(Periscope; Technology)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett It wasn't so long ago that anyone with a personal Web page was either a dork or an egomaniac. Now sites like MySpace and Facebook have turned online socializing into the norm. But the latest hit site, LinkedIn,...

The Ghosts We Think We See.(On Science)(scientific explanation on why people have superstitious beliefs)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Sharon Begley Normal brain functions, such as seeing patterns, make us more likely to believe in the supernatural. Bruce Hood usually conducts experiments under much more rigorous conditions than this, but since he had a large...

Cool It With The Lights.(The Tip Sheet; Holidays)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Karen Springen This year, Americans will send nearly 2 billion holiday cards, use more than 38,000 miles of ribbon and leave millions of Christmas trees on the curb. Does that mean you should feel guilty for having a great time?...

A Minivan With Real Pedal Power.(The Tip Sheet; Outdoors)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Tolme Utility bikes are the pickup trucks of the cycling world. Made to carry big loads that would normally require a car, they are popular abroad and are now catching on here. Imported from the Netherlands, the Bakfiets brand...

Timing Social Security.(The Tip Sheet; MONEY)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern Most older workers are used to being told that they should wait as long as possible to claim Social Security benefits -- the longer they delay, the bigger their benefits will be. And the longer they expect to live, the...

You Can Take It With You.(The Tip Sheet; Debt)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern Here's one thing baby boomers may be taking into retirement with them: a mortgage. Or two. Or three. More comfortable with debt than their parents were, the boomers dove into the refi booms of 1998 and 2003. They took...

Go Ahead, Buy the Bike.(The Tip Sheet; INVESTING)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern There's a certain logic in investing some retirement cash in the very industries you'll be enriching once you retire. So if you and the other 77 million boomers in your cohort expect to be spending a lot of money on...

Road Test / Scion TC.(The Tip Sheet)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Tara Weingarten Universally Appealing Toyota created the Scion to attract young buyers. With the TC, a three-door hatchback, it stays true to that goal with fun features. But about half the brand's customers are over 30. Guess...

Bringing TV To Your Handheld.(The Tip Sheet; Technology)(Buyers guide)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Cathy Lu Thanks to a new wave of handheld, video-friendly devices, it's never been easier to keep yourself (or the kids) entertained. But before you buy a portable boob tube, there are a few things to consider. If you plan to...

Checklist.(The Tip Sheet)
November 5, 2007... Our top picks for the week. Rent "Spider-Man 3," out Tuesday on DVD. Sensitive, vulnerable Peter Parker battles four (count 'em) villains, as well as a mysterious substance that unleashes the vengeful, murderous Black Spider-Man within...

Sorry, But I Can't Help You.(Health Matters)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jerry Adler One study found that, in doctors, the brain circuits associated with empathy were suppressed. How would you like to cure cancer? Careful, it's a trick question. You might win a Nobel Prize, along with the gratitude...

Battle of the Bands.(The Tip Sheet; HEAD-TO-HEAD)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Who hasn't had a rock-star fantasy? Indulge yours with the latest guitar-slinging videogames as Activision's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (from $90 to $100) takes on Harmonix's Rock Band ($160 to $170). Gameplay: In Guitar Hero III,...

Checklist.(The Tip Sheet)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Our top picks for the week Surf bostonpops.tv. This new site features recent concert broadcasts accompanied by on-screen program notes (example: "listen to the exotic percussion"), backstage footage and conducting lessons from Keith...

Not Semi-Soldiers.(The Last Word; Anna Quindlen)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Anna Quindlen It's no longer a question of whether women should be in combat. It's a matter of the regulations catching up with the reality. When Leigh Ann Hester came home from Iraq she put grenade pins on her key ring. They...

Portrait Of The Tyrant As A Young Man.(History)(Joseph Stalin)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Andrew Nagorski A telling new account of Stalin's childhood depicts a streetwise thug raised in conflict. On June 26, 1907, a stagecoach guarded by Cossacks and carrying the equivalent of about $3.4 million to the State Bank in...

Google Goes Globe-Trotting.(Business)(Google Inc.)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy To train a new generation of leaders, the search giant sends young brainiacs on a worldwide mission. There are no computers in the tiny village of Raagihalli, located 30 miles outside Bangalore, India. Overseas...

The Search For A Candidate.(The Technologist)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy; With Jennifer Ordonez McCain's people say that every dollar they spend on online search advertising brings in three or four bucks. The national polls don't reflect it, but in one sense John McCain is the clear...

Back Talk: Where Jihad Has Found a Home.(Letters)
November 12, 2007... 'The Most Dangerous Nation in the World Isn't Iraq. It's Pakistan': We received a wide range of responses to our cover story. One self described U.S. resident of Pakistani origin said, "In choosing to focus on those who can be labeled...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jon Meacham He is always in motion. Last Thursday evening, in Washington's ornate Union Station on Capitol Hill, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke to a dinner for Conservation International on how to address climate change....

A Civil War On Campus.(Iraq)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh; With Silvia Spring And Iraqi Staff In Baghdad Sunnis and Shiites are dividing the classroom. The ceremony was no ordinary after-school activity. Prayer flags and banners were plastered across walls at east...

Do-Gooders Gone Bad.(Causes)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Arlene Getz; With Christopher Dickey And Amber Haq In Paris Activists have brought issues like Darfur into living rooms. But they may be doing more harm than good. The children's bandages were just for show. Workers from the...

This Won't Be The Iraq Election.(World View; Fareed Zakaria)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Petraeus's new strategy is working, though not exactly for the reasons initially advertised. The Presidential campaign has jostled this way and that, contenders have risen and fallen, but the one fixture in the...

From A Prison To Princeton.(Facing Facts: Ellis Cose)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... His dorm room was 'beautiful,' he says. 'I didn't have to use my kerosene lamp.' When Abass Hassan Mohamed was born in Somalia in 1982, his father honored the event with a variation on a traditional Somali ritual. Instead of tying the...

A Glimpse Of Light In The Distance.(Giving Globally)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Thijs Niemantsverdriet An ex-Marine thinks he can extend the working day for millions of people. Late one Sunday evening in Africa, the light began to dawn on Mark Bent. The Houston-born former Marine was living on the southern...

Leaving Las Vegas.(Music)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Celine Dion spent five years in the desert. Let's see if she can still swim, and sing, with the big guys. Celine Dion is going to try to sing. This isn't a setup for a joke. She's had a viral infection for the...

Harlem's Hero And Heroin.(Movies)(American Gangster)(Movie review)
November 12, 2007... Byline: David Ansen Denzel and Russell can't save 'American Gangster' from feeling like just another Hollywood mob job. Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" announces, with its grandiose title and epic sweep, that it wants to take its...

Please Remove The Boob Tube.(My Turn)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Allison Wood; Wood lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. Note to merchants: I don't need a TV to baby-sit me while I wait. Daydreaming is just fine, thank you. Last week I stepped into a typically crowded post office, but there was no...

The Revolutionary.(Cover Story: Politics; Campaign 2008)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... He has the money and the message to upend 2008. Michael Bloomberg's American odyssey. Michael Bloomberg was just a year old when, in 1943, the author Esther Forbes published a children's novel, "Johnny Tremain," the tale of a young...

Iowa's Field Of Dreamers.(Politics; THE BATTLEGROUND)
November 12, 2007... When nominating contests were squeezed into January, it was to ease Iowa's impact. But in an ironic twist, the Hawkeye State may now be more crucial. Iowans are nice, maybe too nice. Late last month, NEWSWEEK political blogger Andrew...

The Other Man From Hope.(Politics; The Sleeper)(Mike Huckabee)(Biography)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Holly Bailey Mike Huckabee's winning converts by cultivating a regular-guy image. It's hard not to like Mike Huckabee. Next to his better known, better-funded rivals -- Mitt Romney, a candidate so carefully groomed and...

Rocking 'Til The Cows Come Home.(Politics; Chillin' With The Candidates)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Andrew Romano I flubbed a few chords. But I saw why Huckabee's a hit. Mike Huckabee is having a rock-star moment. It's 5 p.m. on a recent Friday when the former Arkansas governor, onstage at the near-empty Surf Ballroom in...

Putting Faith In A 'Black Chick From Brooklyn'.(Politics)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Eve Conant Democrats want to steal religious voters, and they're looking to a Pentecostal pastor for help. It sounds like the start of a Woody Allen joke: an evangelical, a Catholic, a Jew and a Muslim are sitting around a...

'What She Can't Do Is Have It Both Ways'.(Politics; Report From The Front)(Hillary Clinton)(Interview)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Howard Fineman And Richard Wolffe In an interview with NEWSWEEK, Barack Obama says the Democratic front runner is 'disingenuous.' There is a sense of urgency at Sen. Barack Obama's headquarters in a steel-and-glass office tower...

Congenital Lawyer Redux.(Between the Lines: Jonathan Alter)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Alter Masters of politics can flip-flop. Clinton isn't in a league with her husband, but is she agile enough? "She's a congenital liar." that was New York Times columnist William Safire in 1996, assessing First Lady...

A Cha-Cha Chat With A Lot Of Spice.(Newsmakers; Q&A)(Interview)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Scary Spice (Melanie Brown) is the star on "Dancing With the Stars," but after the series ends, she won't stop dancing. She's going on the Spice Girls reunion tour. She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. NEWSWEEK: Does...

Streep's New Test Kitchen.(Newsmakers; Becoming Julia Child)(Streep, Meryl)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Meryl Streep chews up accents like gum -- Irish, Danish, Aussie, Polish, Yiddish and probably pig Latin, too. But her next role's a mouthful. She's playing the late Julia Child, who was American but sounded more foreign than Borat. Here's our...

Soap Oprah.(Newsmakers)(Oprah Winfrey)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... If Oprah's life really were a TV show, here's how we'd describe last week: 1. Comedy: N.Y. Times credits O with popularizing the word "vajayjay." 2. Dramedy: Cuts off Hilary Swank's hair for charity on her show. 3. Tragedy:...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
November 12, 2007... "Basically, that's a potential death sentence, and you know it. Who will raise our children if we are dead or seriously wounded?" Senior diplomat Jack Croddy, on the State Department's decision to force Foreign Service officers to take...

The Hillary Paper Chase: 3,022,030 Documents To Go.(Periscope; CAMPAIGN 2008)(Hillary Clinton )
November 12, 2007... Byline: Michael Isikoff During last week's democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton faced tough questions about why so many of her papers at her husband's presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., are still secret -- and her...

Drowning In Questions.(Periscope; TORTURE)(legality of waterboarding investigation method)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Dan Ephron and Michael Isikoff The confirmation battle over President Bush's nominee for attorney general Michael Mukasey has hinged on his position regarding a CIA interrogation technique known as waterboarding. While calling it...

Haunted By HIV's Origins.(Periscope; SCIENCE)(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Mary Carmichael Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona, is a nice guy -- not the sort to seek out international controversy. But last week he found himself deluged with angry e-mails, and the...