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...airline's introductory fare--$1,000 round trip between Sydney and Los Angeles--Branson, in jeans and a rumpled polo shirt, interrupts. "That's not good enough," he declares. "What kind of plane are we flying? 777s? Then let's make it $777 for the first thousand tickets!" People cheer, as if Branson has just spontaneously handed out $223 in dollar bills, but his lines are part of a well-choreographed bit of corporate theater--never mind that the first thousand tickets had just been sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Branson's Flight Plan | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...want heart, go find a member of the Red Sox Nation. We all know who had Babe Ruth first. We all know who had Rodger Clemens first. And we all know that even in the face of a thousand year curse, if enough fanatically dedicated sportfans gather together and cheer loud and long enough, we can overcome pretty much anything...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love It: Red Sox | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...inspecting troops on her first day in office, with her rounded belly covered in a stylish maternity blouse, came as a jolt. After walking firmly past a line of erect soldiers in their dress uniforms, the minister gave a brief, adulatory speech, then led the troops in a rousing cheer of "Viva Espa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain's Pregnant Defense Minister | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

...almost hear Gordon Gekko cheer. Financial traders are widely seen as filthy rich, brash, and, well, ballsy. Now it turns out that there's cash in those cojones. According to new research from the University of Cambridge, a male trader's daily testosterone level is higher on days when he makes more than he would in an average day. What's more, the higher a trader's morning testosterone level, the more money he'll likely have netted before the close of business that day. Testosterone, in other words, can be good for business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Testosterone Means High Profits | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...Saturday.In a match where all of Harvard’s players fought to clear significant hurdles, it was freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien who had the hardest hurdle to clear—a mental one. Playing at No. 5, Omodele-Lucien faced an almost unceasing barrage of boisterous cheering from a number of Princeton players, which made a home match seem as though it was being held on enemy territory.“I didn’t expect them to come out and blatantly cheer against me like that,” Omodele-Lucien said. “As they...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Still Undefeated in Ivy Play | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

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