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That's something Giamatti, 36, never does. He's shy and literally self-effacing as an actor but fiercely committed to his craft. Married with a young son, he's a bookish, family-oriented private-school and Yale graduate and the son of the late A. Bartlett Giamatti, once Yale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Performances | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

Stimulation, moreover, can take all sorts of forms. Says Dr. Jennifer Berman, a urologist and director of the Female Sexual Medicine Center at UCLA: "Women experience desire as a result of context--how they feel about themselves and their partner, how safe they feel, their closeness and their attachment." Men...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: The Chemistry of Desire | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

Weiner-Davis' action-oriented scheme suited Roth and Meredith. "It's really freeing to just focus on the solution and clear out all the muck," says Meredith. Weiner-Davis encourages couples to identify what they want the marriage to look like, then list actions they can take--dinner out once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Marriage Savers | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

All these data had a definite effect on me--they changed my understanding of romantic love. For many years I had regarded this wonderful experience as a constellation of related emotions that ranged from elation to despair. But psychologists distinguish between emotions and motivations--brain systems oriented around planning and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: Your Brain In Love | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

As for all-new cars, the elegant Five Hundred looks like a more expensive European sedan but is expected to start at about $24,000, making it another potentially big seller. The Five Hundred's exterior was designed in the U.S., but its internal structure comes from the company's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit's Hot Pursuit | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

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