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...Mira Nair's pretty but disappointing biopic Amelia, there's a scene in which Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) laments the shallow nature of the two questions repeatedly posed by her adoring public. It's not long after the 1928 transatlantic flight that made her a household name, and she says all anyone wants to know is "Where are you going next?" and "What did you wear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Amelia Earhart: Lost at Sea | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Members of the Historic Indian Village Association, a local residents' group, share the cost of private security - about $30 per household each month. Association president Doug Way, 42, moved to Detroit with his wife seven years ago and fell in love with Indian Village's 19th century manors, built for the city's emerging industrial barons. Footing the bill for private security is almost like paying an extra tax, he acknowledges, but it's worth the cost. The median sale price of homes in Detroit has plunged from $59,700 in August 2005 to $8,000 just two months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: Where Private Security Is Booming | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Acquire the recommended household supplies in preparation for swine flu, such as “batteries” and “can opener...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang | Title: Harvard Does Its Part in the Swine Flu Pandemic | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...Acquire the recommended household supplies in preparation for swine flu, such as “batteries” and “can opener...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang | Title: Harvard Does Its Part in the Swine Flu Pandemic | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

...stone carver. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, Mrs. and Miss were deployed to signal age, not marital status. Both were derived from Mistress, a word that, before it put on its feather boa and fishnet stockings, was the title for any woman with authority over a household...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs., Ms. or Miss: Addressing Modern Women | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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