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...possible; in France, by contrast, everything is easy but nothing is possible. There is zero job security in Yekaterinburg. France has a plethora of long-term, short-term, temporary and limited work contracts that are at the heart of the current dispute. Russia in theory has a civil code that lays down workers' rights, but in practice you get hired the same way you get fired, at the snap of a finger. Précarité, the word that brings millions of young French people out into the streets, is the norm there. Forget about a pension big enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Land of Opportunity | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

CLEARED. Dan Brown, 41, whose 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code, was denounced by the Vatican for "falsify[ing] the figure of Christ" on its way to becoming one of the best-selling (40 million copies) adult novels in history; of allegations that he lifted a theme--that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child--from another book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail; in a verdict by Britain's High Court that clears the way for next month's release of the film version of the book, starring Tom Hanks; in London. Brown, who acknowledged reading Blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 17, 2006 | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

After reading “The Da Vinci Code,” I discovered that Brown, a former English teacher, is a creature of habit. There are no surprises—just more of the same winning formula. Replace the scientist with a stolid Harvard symbologist, the analyst with a sassy cop, and the executive branch with the Catholic Church. Then include some car chases, narrow escapes, and the requisite sexual tension—and voil?...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bestseller: The Da Vinci Code | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...Vinci Code By Dan Brown Anchor...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bestseller: The Da Vinci Code | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

Apple, oft-billed as the counter-establishment alternative to monolithic Microsoft, isn’t guilt-free by any stretch: their code for copy-protecting music file is also kept under lock and key, and it’s the only language that the iPod understands. If you want to sell copy-restricted music that will play on an iPod, you’re out of luck unless you want to go through the iTunes Music Store...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline | Title: Standard Error | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

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