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...constraints can be difficult even for celebrity chefs like Todd English, who has created a few signature dishes for Delta's menu. He wants to add foods that get better as they age, like soups and chili. "We just have to find the right thermos," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Flight | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...ways to tick people off. Spirit Airlines announced this month that it will start charging passengers as much as $45 to bring a carry-on bag. RyanAir is getting ready to install coin-operated toilets. But there may be at least one upside to the current extra-fee-ganza: better airline food. (See pictures of what the world eats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Flight | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...There's nothing the right, particularly the sectarian right, loves more than the federal constitution ... But I'm not sure there's any better example of what nonsense this is, or the way that the 'constitution' has just become a fetish ... than the paranoia and rage against the Census. If you're really devoted to the constitution, by all rights responding to the Census should make you something close to giddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Setting volume limits is a good idea, but it won't block outside sounds. In-ear monitors (IEM) are better at isolating noise than earbuds are because they are inserted into the ear canal. Several mass-market brands, which range in price from $39 to $399, use gummy-bear-like coverings that can be squished into place. But the sound quality still isn't perfect, in part because, like earbuds, IEMs are too small to house complex audio circuits. (See the 50 best inventions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Custom-Made Headphones: Listen Up Before It's Too Late | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...good for the Agency, because working in a job such as deception detection is the equivalent of Jason Bourne doing trick shots in the circus; he gets practice, and the circus gets customers. Financial firms get to use tested intelligence skills to make better market decisions, and the Agency gets employees that are better practiced, without having...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom | Title: Agency Under Fire | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

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