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There are so many college rankings these days. What sets you guys apart? I think our rankings make the most sense to the public because our rankings are the most transparent. Our rankings have the methodology that makes the most sense. When the public sees that the schools are wanting to do better in our rankings, they say, well if the schools want to improve in these rankings, they must be worth looking at. So, in essence, the colleges themselves have been a key factor in giving us the credibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: The Man Behind the U.S. News College Rankings | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...motor is virtually soundless, leaving sea creatures undisturbed and preserving a sense of the exotic. It won't take you long to get a feel for the acceleration and steering, and you won't need brakes: the coral is low-lying, and there's nothing to bump into apart from other sub-scooters (although there's little chance of that with scuba-diving guides pointing the way). Sure, the sub-scooter is too sedate for James Bond and probably rather restrictive for experienced divers, but it's still a thrilling experience for visiting water babies. A two-hour excursion, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventures in Mauritius: The Sub-Scooter | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...dessert chef, don't make dessert. You think you'll get credit for trying something new. You will not. Your dessert will fall apart on the plate. The judges will pay lip service, but in the end, if it stinks, it stinks. If, like Carla Hall in Season 5, you can whip up an apple tart in your sleep, then by all means work it. But the human heart is not powerful enough to forgive a bum pudding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooking with Gas | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...iron-ore price negotiations are being conducted on Beijing's side by the Chinese Iron and Steel Association, they are, in fact, being run straight out of Premier Wen Jiabao's office. And Wen, says the banking source, has "not been a happy man" since the Chinalco deal fell apart earlier this summer. Don't misread, in other words, the absence of the state-secrets charge against the Rio Four as evidence that the extraordinary face-off between China and one of the world's most powerful global companies is now tapering off. Wen has other cards to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China vs. Rio Tinto: The Confrontation Isn't Over | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

...leveled by the fighting last year. "My neighbors have enough of their own problems to not dwell on my last name. Sometimes they even come over to ask if they can help repair my house." Those are rare moments of accord in a region that will likely be torn apart by ethnic tensions for a long time to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Ossetia, Families Remain Torn Apart | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

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