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According to local lore, Portuguese travelers as far back as the late 19th century suspected that oil might lie beneath parts of East Africa after noticing a thick, greasy sediment wash up on the shores of Mozambique. More interested in finding cheap labor, though, the explorers had little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is East Africa the Next Frontier for Oil? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...gallon of milk, you hand your money over to the storekeeper and you walk away. You're trusting in the integrity of the storekeeper to deliver milk [that] is safe and good. So that's just a basic trust in integrity. But if you start peeling back the layers off that transaction you can see there are far more relationships of integrity and trust needed to bring that milk to you. You can start with the farmer who needs to look after his cows properly, the vet who gives the cattle their antibiotics, all the way up the milk chain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Trust Creates Wealth | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...song’s narrator tells a girl he meets in Widener, “Come and let me take you back to Plympton Street,” and finally, “Baby won’t you let me show you what it means to be gold coasted all night long,” as House inhabitants dance to the music...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Houses Keep Churning Out Videos | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...Housing Day, and we see the depressed reactions of the freshmen, who have not received an envelope with Eliot House scribbled inside. Their reactions range from shock to dread, all the way to tears. A new Kirkland resident even goes so far as to push their letter back under the door...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Houses Keep Churning Out Videos | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...purchase of 30 Chinese oil rigs in 2007. His report electrified Russian Netizens when he published it on his blog in November. Authorities initially declined to open a criminal investigation into the deal, saying there were insufficient grounds to do so, but last month Moscow prosecutors sent the case back to the police for further review, which is ongoing. For Navalny, forcing his opponents into a dialogue is often victory enough. "Even a nonsense answer exposes the company somewhat," he says. "At the very least the person responding has to give his name ... They give us something to sink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Erin Brockovich: Taking On Corporate Greed | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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