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There are signs, though, that change is under way. While his predecessors kept union negotiations at arm's length, union leaders say, Walsh's direct involvement helped speed up a resolution. With Walsh and his union counterpart sequestered in a London hotel, says Brendan Gold, T&G's national secretary for civil air transport, "serious negotiations were done." Ahead of BA's move next year into the new $8.5 billion Heathrow Terminal 5, the airline persuaded thousands of ground staff to agree to change their practices. So, while an aircraft tug driver used to leave work before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Airways: Cabin Pressure | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

...endowment's 23-percent gain was fueled largely by rapid growth in emerging markets, private equity, and real estate, according to Mohamed A. El-Erian, the president and CEO of Harvard Management Company, the University’s investment arm...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Swells to $34.9B | 8/21/2007 | See Source »

...February 2003, when superheated gases generated during reentry entered the ship through a breach in the insulation. Ever since then, astronauts have given their spacecraft a close visual inspection upon reaching orbit to look for any troublesome chips. On Sunday, a 3D laser imager attached to Endeavour's robotic arm revealed what could be a nasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Now, Endeavour? | 8/13/2007 | See Source »

...would be to quit the teaching profession and become a professional astronaut, relegating kids' education from space to a much more incidental part of her responsibilities. She applied for a slot and in 1998 was selected; she is now flying as a mission specialist, responsible for operating the robotic arm of both the shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS), with which the crew will be docking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is This Teacher in Space? | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...Africa's population has Internet access, but that may be about to change. Until now, Africa's only connection to the network that powers the Internet was a submarine cable running from Portugal down the west coast of Africa. Now the International Finance Corp., the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $32.5 million in an undersea fiber-optic-cable project called the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), reaching approximately 250 million more people. Here are the parts of Africa that will be newly wired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Aug. 20, 2007 | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

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