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...other fusion reaction, the fires that powered these short-lived stars worked by forcing simple hydrogen and helium atoms to meld into heavier, more complex elements. The stars that died explosively spiked the surrounding gas clouds with elements like oxygen and carbon, which had never existed before. Billions of years later, the elements forged in stars like these would be assembled into planets, organic molecules and, ultimately, human beings. At the time, though, they served simply to change the chemistry of the clouds, allowing them to collapse into far smaller objects than they could before. The second generation of stars...
...Ellis and Stark may have got a glimpse--and given theorists the first hard evidence--of that unimaginably distant time when the cosmos left infancy behind and entered the formative childhood that led, eventually, to our sun and the tiny blue planet that circles it. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Illuminating a Dark Age How the universe grew from a murky soup to twinkling galaxies Looking for the beginning of time...
...suffered some high-profile failures, like this year's big-budget flop Poseidon, but new investors continue to rush to Tinseltown. In September, Flyboys, at $60 million one of the most financially ambitious and risky films funded entirely by private investors, lands in theaters. With expensive period sets and complex aerial battle scenes, the producers kept the film about World War I flying aces on budget by scrimping on one thing: the movie has no stars...
...Babikir's careful reply actually says quite a lot about the complex challenges he and his country face. After all, relying on Iraq's politicians to cement the tactical gains made by the American and Iraqi militaries is more a prayer than a strategy. Though the rail-thin officer downplayed the danger of militias affiliated with members of the government, like the Badr Organization and the Mahdi Army, many of the political opportunities cited by Babikir could just as easily be called part of the problem...
...attracting clients but finding and training enough qualified staff to service them. Asian private bankers differ from their European counterparts, according to Credit Suisse industry analysts. They tend to be relatively young (average age: 35). Yet, because of the proliferation of esoteric investment choices, their work is becoming more complex than ever before. "The technology in private banking has evolved tremendously," says SocG?n's Truchi, exacerbating the need for more sophisticated bankers. "It's gone from simple brokerage services to hedge funds and derivatives." Says BCG's Scott: "The biggest pitfall is that customers are getting more demanding...