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...real-a?), Edward snaps, "I've turned 35 10 times. Birthdays are pointless," and adds the philosophical, "Life's a bitch, and then you don't die." (Salon's film critic, Stephanie Zacharek, has a better version - "Life sucks, and then you don't die" - but unfortunately that line isn't in the movie.) (Read "Twilight and True Blood at Comic...
Indeed that search for independence, and the power that would come from establishing their own businesses, was a dominant theme in my conversations. As women in Europe and the U.S. have discovered, having your own salary or company isn't just a matter of raising living standards for your family. It also gives you more control over your own life, more say in your society and more opportunities. All of us - whatever our gender - have a stake in helping women in the Middle East achieve this ambition. Societies will be healthier and stronger if women and men work together...
...convinced its leaders that trouble beckons when the country acts alone and that happiness comes from working with others. "With the European Union," Merkel says, "we Europeans have realized a dream for ourselves. We live in peace and freedom. That naturally entails giving up some powers to Brussels, which isn't always pleasant. But it's necessary. The greatest consequence of globalization is that there aren't any purely national solutions to global challenges." (See TIME's coverage of the climate change conference in Copenhagen...
Germans standing in line to pay for groceries at supermarkets this week could be in for a nasty - and embarrassing - surprise. Many of their bank cards will be rejected at the register, but not because there isn't enough money in their accounts. The problem is with a faulty microchip in the cards that can't recognize the year...
...START negotiations last summer, Kristensen says, the Russians balked at a provision that would allow the U.S. to inspect the production facilities of its new RS-24 ICBM because they would not be able to inspect American ICBM construction sites. Kristensen says that's because the U.S. isn't building any new missiles. "It may seem absurd, but both sides are very edgy about maintaining parity in all respects," he says. "That makes negotiations very difficult...