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...should bring forth armies of Red Cross volunteers to distribute bed nets and to offer village-based training for tens of thousands of villages across Africa. In a brilliant demonstration of people power and modern logistics, Red Cross volunteers distributed nets to more than half the households of Togo in 2004 and Niger in 2005 in a matter of a few days in each country. That successful delivery model should be replicated across Africa, by 2010 if not earlier, but this will depend on mobilizing the needed resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $10 Solution | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...rubbed its hands with glee. Reading the Happy Feet script for the first time, Szubanski became as fluttery as Esme Cordelia Hoggett, her farmer's wife from Babe: "You're going, Man, it's a frickin' huge gamble. But by crikey, if he pulls it off it will be brilliant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rare Bird | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

While Warne was playing we could forgive him his faults because he was so brilliant at his game. But when he finally goes - when any of our heroes step down - we are left with memories, highlights of former glories and all the blemishes, with none of the moments of genius. Retirement makes mortal. You could feel the humanity creeping in when Zidane lost his cool in the dying seconds of his career last year and head butted an Italian opponent. Where were the finesse, the flair, the skills we had grown to love so much? Who was this thug laying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heroes Are Only Human | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...kitchen slave--his words--to Mario Batali. It takes a big talent to render in words the animal, essentially anti-verbal experience of eating. It takes a big man to describe the hilarious humiliations to which an apprentice chef is subjected. Buford is both. He's also lucky: the brilliant, insatiable, demonic Batali is the kind of character writers sell their souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best Books | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...good humor to laugh about it. It’s been real, whatever that means. See you all at senior bar.Dear Sara,I’m having this terrible dilemma. A friend of mine said something truly incriminating at dinner—you know, the sort of brilliant comment that deserves a public forum. Upon returning to my room I went on facebook.com to put it up on his wall for all to see and admire. But it seems he doesn’t have a wall! I hadn’t anticipated such an utter catastrophe...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

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