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...country's opening to the outside world, a group the Chinese call the "post-'80s generation": apolitical, money- and status-obsessed children of the country's explosive economic boom. Even China's most notorious anti-Establishment figure, 52-year-old artist and activist Ai Weiwei, called Han "brave, clear-minded, dynamic and humorous" and predicted that he would be the "gravedigger" for the older generation of writers and artists. (See the top 100 novels of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Han Han: China's Literary Bad Boy | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Mnemiopsis, first documented off Israel last winter, clogged the filters of a desalination plant that supplies coastal communities with 100 million liters of water a day. At the height of the outbreak, water production at the plant dropped by more than a third as desperate workers tried to clear the filters. (See video: "Battle of the Endangered Species: Bats v. Trees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jellyfish: A Gelatinous Invasion | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Michigan will have lost a million jobs. Revenue to the state has plummeted. It's why we have focused on regional collaborations--for example, our Michigan state police deployed in partnership with the Detroit police. You've got to be able to share resources like that. It is clear that while you go through this tough time, you have to have police officers on the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jennifer Granholm | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Green’s lucky moment came at 55:26, when sophomore Lucky Mkosana fired the ball past Harms off an assist from classmate van Ess. The Crimson had held off two offensives before the goal, but it was unable to clear the ball past midfield...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Breaks Slump To Assist Harvard’s 2-1 Victory at Home | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...stars, however, made clear that they were not here to congratulate themselves or “The Wire” but to draw the attention of Harvard students to the brutal realities that inspired the show’s storylines, which are more punishing now—in the midst of the financial crisis—than ever...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘The Wire’ Lays It On the Line | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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