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...praise Merkel the martinet too much. She has not acted out of pure selflessness. As the richest nation in Euroland, Germany would have had to pay the largest share of the bailout. And if the euro careens out of control, Germany would end up as the biggest loser. With the euro derailed, the new deutsche mark would be everybody's darling, driving its value up - not a cheery prospect for the world's second biggest exporter. (See video: "Globabl Business Trips: Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angela Merkel: German Rules | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...most important battle of anyone's life is when sperm meets egg. It's Darwin at its most elemental, your genes vs. hers. One person goes on to the next round of the species, and the other goes to the grave a loser for all eternity. This is why sex is practiced in the style it often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: Does My Son Take After Me — or His Mom? A Genetic Test | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...fact, the family of champions always made sure that their son knew there would always be a winner and loser in life. As a result, Brent grew up well aware that, despite his successes, he must always be prepared for a turning of the tide...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Family Wisdom Guides Suter | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

However, in the case of the Boston screening, the girls found a way around the strict number system. Even though they had to assign one of the boys a ‘1,’ they protested when he was deemed the loser. With a little bit of cajoling and some well-placed audience chants, they managed to score dates for all of the boys...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘League’ Stars Not About the Looks | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...millions. Take Evgeni Plushenko. Following his silver-medal performance in men's figure skating, the Russian repeatedly insulted his first-place opponent, America's Evan Lysacek, and all but climbed atop the gold-medal podium ... Wait, he did that too. But Plushenko is hardly the first Olympic sore loser. Athletes have pouted their way home almost since the modern Games began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Olympic Sore Losers | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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