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...yelled, 'But I saw it on TV! They went to the moon'." Now 38 and living in Dublin, he laughs at the memory, but feels bad about not using his degree in astronautics and space engineering. "Next October will be 50 years since Sputnik went up," he says in disgust. "This is not just an opportunity to send people 100 or so kilometers (62 miles) into the sky and to have a good time for 10 minutes for a lot of money," he says. "If we get it right, it will be the start of something extraordinary. It will open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would You Pay to Go Into Space? | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...control of people's behavior and its dictation of how to lead their everyday life..." In his blog, Kareem predicted that he would get into trouble with the law for his views. Still, he insisted on his right to freedom of expression and made no secret of his disgust for the laws that govern the system and restrict his liberties. He warned Al Azhar scholars and professors that they would end up in "the garbage of history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blogger-Martyr of Egypt | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...those miserable creatures in thrall to the most vile abomination known as “a capella,” I have nothing but disgust. If I didn’t like Eagle-Eye Cherry’s “Save Tonight” when Kiss FM 108 Radio played it eight times an hour in 1997, why would I like it when performed by a second-rate barbershop quartet? So no, I don’t want to go to the next “jam,” and your lack of instruments makes me uncomfortable...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: To Harvard’s Philistines | 1/31/2007 | See Source »

...their capacity to resonate with the emotional state of others--something that can be measured by psychological tests. In a sequel to their rancid-butter experiment, Keysers' team found that subjects with higher empathy scores on such tests also exhibited stronger mirror reactions to facial expressions of both disgust and pleasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Gift Of Mimicry | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...elected Presidents loping toward the history books. Bush could use a reset button. Not only does he face emboldened Democrats who aren't planning to give him any breaks, but also his own Republicans are grumpy. A former top aide says it is "impossible to overstate the disappointment and disgust" among Bush loyalists about how the President squandered his post-9/11 popularity. So Bush is using a pair of momentous appearances this month--his "new way forward" speech on Iraq and his penultimate State of the Union address--to try to reconnect with Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking For The Restart Button | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

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