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space invaders Background Information About the author Richard Stengel is an American editor, journalist and author and is Time magazines 16th managing editor. While best known for his work for Time, he has written a number of books including a collaboration with Nelson Mandela on Mandelas autobiography. Prior to taking up his role as managing editor of Time in 2006, Stengel was the president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center. About Time magazine Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is an American news magazine. An European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong. As of 2009, Time no longer publishes a Canadian advertiser edition. The South Pacific edition, covering Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney Time is the worlds largest weekly news magazine, and has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million. As of mid-2006, Richard Stengel is the managing editor. Personal space Is personal space important to you? Why or why not? Personal space can be imagined as a kind of bubble surrounding a person that protects his or her privacy and which other people may not normally enter. Four kinds of personal distance between people Intimate distance: it is just 0cm to 45cm (such as relatives,close friends,lovers or couples) Personal distance: it is about 45cm to 120cm (people know eachother, but no specialy relationship.) Social distance: by about 120cm to 360cm. Public distance: it up to 360cm away. different cultural ideas of personal space The closest distance between two people in a conversation takes place in Middle Eastern. Men usually talk to each other at very short distances.They even push and shove each other. The