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...Chaser. While Benson may not have the deep pockets of his rivals, he has aerospace experience: most of the moving parts on the Mars Rover came from his shops. His philosophy? "If we want to go to space to stay, space has to pay." The taxpayers have carried the burden for too long, he believes, saying, "We have to find something in space that is profitable and use that to grow the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Space Cowboys | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...hindrance. The problem will be all the greater for your peers at less widely recognized colleges, many of whom will graduate with equally large debts and without a brand-name diploma to help boost their earnings potential. For them, the price of their higher education will be a lifelong burden...

Author: By Neil Howe and William A. Strauss | Title: A Generational Imperative | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...business enterprises, it is for the public," and later called on Keidanren, Japan's leading business federation, to raise wages. But Keidanren head Fujio Mitarai has rebuffed those calls, lobbying the government instead to lower corporate tax and raise the consumption tax, shifting more of the financial burden to ordinary workers. "In his heart Abe feels consideration for households," says Tsuyoshi Takagi, president of the nearly 7-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation. "Yet he's pushing reforms for [the benefit of] business. People are disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Shinzo Abe Find His Way? | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...possible to treat diabetes effectively? And a detailed ethnic breakdown isn't just essential to understanding what citizens need now - it's also the only way to predict what they will need in the future. "Do you want to let diversity take its own course and potentially become a burden?" says Phillips. "Or do you want to manage it, be proactive, and turn it into a benefit? A smart society is going to try to turn it into a benefit. But that society has to know exactly what it's dealing with and, at the moment, we just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Faces of Europe | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Instead, the College should continue its policy of salutary neglect toward extracurricular activities and recognize that the “tendency on the part of many students to regard their extracurricular life as separate from their academic experience” is in fact a boon, not a burden...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Salutary Separation | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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