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...articulated his fears. In the last message he sent his dad, dated April 3, Starcevich describes surviving three IED blasts and an ambush in a single day. "Man I tell U what," he wrote. "Somebody wants me alive. I just wonder how many more times I can roll the dice b4 I get a shitty #." Thirteen days later, a roadside bomb killed Starcevich in Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Day In Iraq: One Last Message: STARCEVICH, LUCAS | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...Comparisons could be made with José Feliciano, the Puerto Rican singer-guitarist who had 1960s hits with stylish remakes of songs like California Dreamin' and Light My Fire. But Ponnudorai is better. His ability to dice songs up, look into their hearts and perceive the common veins connecting every genre has won the attention of top international players who go to Singapore on tour. Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans, drummer Billy Cobham, guitarist Tommy Emmanuel and vocalist Bobby McFerrin have all been in the audience. In 2002, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis showed up at a performance and was so taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grace Notes | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...BASEBALL 125 Number of Japanese reporters covering pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's first game for the Boston Red Sox against Kansas City on April 5. The Red Sox renovated their press box to accommodate journalists following the Japanese superstar 10 Number of strikeouts "Dice-K" recorded in his first start, one less than the team record for a major league debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

Born explained the issue to his wife Hedwig, who was always eager to debate Einstein. She told Einstein that, like him, she was "unable to believe in a 'dice-playing' God." In other words, unlike her husband, she rejected quantum mechanics' view that the universe was based on uncertainties and probabilities. But, she added, "nor am I able to imagine that you believe--as Max has told me--that your 'complete rule of law' means that everything is predetermined, for example whether I am going to have my child inoculated." It would mean, she pointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein & Faith | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...promised to create a "ministry of immigration and national identity." In his current role as Interior Minister, meanwhile, Sarkozy insists the law must be upheld, although he offers that the Montfort Malians will be given preferential treatment if they return to Mali and apply for residence visas. No dice, say their supporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Town That Loves Its Illegals | 3/25/2007 | See Source »

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