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...Branson plans to double that number in Galactic's first year. NASA's idea of progress is to return to the moon, nearly a half-century later. Last year the agency spent nearly $5 billion sending highly trained astronauts to the ISS, largely to ferry supplies and fix the AC and other sputtering plumbing. The new generation of entrepreneurs is betting it can do what NASA does--only better and cheaper, with cushier seats and cool views for paying customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Space Cowboys | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...guess the two things I’ve heard of are Pepcid AC and Claritin. I didn’t know these rumors were so widespread. I don’t know anyone who has it worse than me so I hope for other people it’s more of a help...

Author: By Melissa Tran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Emily R. Cross '08 | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...match-fixing, financial improprieties and lingering questions of conflicts of interest. Following the dominance of the Italian league in the 1980s and 1990s, there are even signs that the off-field shenanigans are affecting performance. In the past decade, only one Italian club has claimed a Champions League title (AC Milan in 2003), following a 12-year period that included five titles in the top European competition. And elite international players that used to rush to Italy are now signing up more often with the English and Spanish leagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Red Card for Italian Soccer | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...Historically, top Italian political and industrial figures have played central roles in the sport, including the Agnelli family that owns automaker Fiat and Juventus, and billionaire former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who owns AC Milan. Smaller teams are often owned by top local business figures, who usually lose money to satisfy their sporting passion. But soccer's reach extends across the entire spectrum of Italian life. Following the initial outrage of the officer's death, La Repubblica columnist Giuseppe D'Avanzo put it this way: "If you don't want to break the toy that creates an appetizing consensus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Red Card for Italian Soccer | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...also ruled itself out as a source of stability with two AC-130 gunship attacks this month on the remnants of the former ruling Islamic Courts Union (I.C.U.), holed up in deep forest on southern Somalia's border with Kenya. The targets of the U.S. attack were three al-Qaeda agents suspected of blowing up the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 with the loss of more than 200 lives. In its pursuit of its own narrow - if understandable and perhaps laudable - goals, the U.S. has ignored the radicalizing effect that its actions will have on Somalis. Somalis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stateless in Mogadishu | 1/30/2007 | See Source »

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