America's Best
(TIME) -- In this group of profiles, the third in Time's series, we honor
people who sustain the life of the mind, body and spirit. That's a category
broad enough to include, among other job titles, a teacher, a social critic,
a couple of athletes, a feminist writer and a chef. (Hey, just try to keep
your spirits up after a bad meal!) There's even an advice columnist and an
interior designer. The life of the mind, after all, begins somewhere in the
realm of common sense, and the spirit likes a comfortable place to kick
back. Think of most of them as elevated examples of the service industry,
people who see to your intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic needs. And best
of all, you don't even have to tip them.
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