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...environmental movement, embracing Jones' message means recasting global warming not just as an existential threat but as an enormous economic opportunity. It's a narrative that is particularly resonant with low-income workers who are likely to bear the short-term economic burden of cutting carbon only if they believe there will be a personal payoff for them in the long run. Says Jones: "They need to see green in their pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring Eco-Power to the People | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...them with walkways, plazas and gardens. Piano's design was in place before Govan's arrival, but he has already convinced the architect to rethink the museum's new entrance and brought in the sort of contemporary artists who helped put his Dia:Beacon on the international map. Chris Burden is readying more than 200 historic lampposts, and Robert Irwin is curating a garden of palm trees. If all goes according to plan, expect a 161-ft. (49 m) crane dangling a 70-ft. (21.3 m) train replica courtesy of Jeff Koons, plus a 400-ton Michael Heizer rock, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thinking Out Of the Box | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...Cohen. Noting a difference in political views, Cohen said that though he doesn’t agree with Wisse on many things, he is “delighted that she won this award.” Both professors acknowledged their gratitude for winning the award and the literal burden that comes with being a recipient. “It was a very heavy medal,” Pipes said. “At least a pound...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Profs Win Humanities Medals | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...guarantee that it will continue. Business leaders say they face worsening labor shortages and can't attract skilled foreigners to a country that has such high taxes (not to mention dreary weather and an incomprehensible language). But the fact that Denmark has combined a dynamic economy with a tax burden almost double that of the U.S. gives the lie to many economic arguments made over the past quarter-century. There's more than one way, it turns out, to be competitive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Denmark Loves Globalization | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...increasingly frustrated at the opulent lifestyles of the televangelists. In any case, maintaining a friend's innocence allows Huckabee to continue to access a part of the media important to Republican hopefuls. Charisma's editor, J. Lee Grady, was slightly amused that anyone would think Copeland would be a burden on Huckabee. "Number one," he says, "Just because Grassley's investigating Copeland doesn't mean Huckabee thinks he's guilty. And number two, Huckabee is courting so many different camps, he's gonna go wherever he's welcomed." Neither are Huckabee's presidential rivals likely to press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee Stands By a Televangelist | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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