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...express that you think the layoff is unfair, if you think it really shouldn't have been you? Probably not. The reason why is that it makes no difference. They're not suddenly going to press the rewind button and totally unlay you off. It's just going to make you look petulant, and it's going to leave a bad taste in everybody's mouth. And you're going to look back and say, "Gosh, I wish I hadn't said that." It gets you nowhere, and dignity will get you everywhere. (See the top 10 financial collapses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Do If You Get Laid Off | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...really cool and pretty unique and popular. Best part about Harvard: The people Worst part about Harvard: The ghosts Describe yourself in three words: Right behind you In 15 minutes you are: Air-high fivin’ some bro or brolerina In 15 years you are: 7. Benjamin Button, bitch...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...favorite, Waltz with Bashir, the Israeli animated documentary. Both films had earned critical raves in the States. Nobody, though, was startled that the Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to WALL-E, or that Man on Wire was voted Best Documentary Feature. And The Curious Case of Benjamin Button converted just three of its 13 nominations - all in the technical fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reflections on Oscar: Bollywood Takes Hollywood | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...mean something. And all those office Oscar pools could promote, in addition to the winners, any number of beguiling side bets. Who can pick the top five in the most categories - in order? How many votes will separate Sean Penn from Mickey Rourke? Does The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, seemingly left in the dust by Slumdog Millionaire, get three points for home-field advantage? What's the over-under on Melissa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Oscars: Make the Votes Public | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

...Russian subs are joined in the word's oceans by nuclear-armed vessels from France, Britain, and China. Under the plains of the American West, and in similar silos in Russia, Air Force missile operators keep constant vigil, launch keys at the ready. Nuclear missiles have no self-destruct button; once launched, they cannot be called back. Twenty years after the end of the cold war, humanity still lives within 30 minutes of its own destruction. The price we pay for maintaining nuclear weapons is the gamble that the highly improbable will not lead to the unthinkable. The question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nuclear Risk: How Long Will Our Luck Hold? | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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