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...regional primacy to become the dominant foreign power in Iraq, threaten Israel and make it harder for Washington to exert its will in the region. And it could provoke Sunni countries in the region, like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to start nuclear programs of their own to contain rising Shi'ite power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plan for War Against Iran | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...have a clause in them that lifted the exemption if oil prices shot past $36 a barrel. (Oil currently sells for more than $60 a barrel.) But because of a foul-up in drafting the deepwater leases, 1,000 of them issued in 1998 and 1999 didn't contain the language lifting the exemption for higher prices. And, Devaney says, mid-level Interior bureaucrats kept their superiors in the dark about the omission for five years. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the mistake has so far cost taxpayers $2 billion in lost royalty revenue and that number could eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Department of Billion-dollar Bungling | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

...without the fluff. Your fearless leader will be the superb Daniel Wegner, who re-takes the reigns after a year on leave doing research. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cringe at mildly inappropriate anecdotes. Some of the highlights: Interpersonal Attraction–Hopefully your section will contain a resident feminist/male chauvinist for this portion of the course, where all of your worst assumptions about individuals’ partner-selection choices will be confirmed by oodles of data. Face the facts: John just wants to nail as many women as possible, with little concern for personality or appearance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology 15, "Social Psychology" | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...hood. Chuck D from Public Enemy once referred to rap as “the black CNN” because of the way rappers reported on conditions in black urban areas. Now rap might be called “the black E!” because songs contain more fluff than substance...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: Tupac’s Dying Legacy | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

Pomegranates and berries also contain ellagic acid, a polyphenol and potent antioxidant with heart-protective and anticancer effects. In berries the compound occurs mostly in seeds. Juice provides it in a more mouth-friendly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Peddling the Pomegranate | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

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