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...filmed in a California fireplace in the sweltering heat), ran until 1989. By that time the show - if you can call it that - had been cut back to two hours; to many station executives, the Yule Log was an antique, and its long-running, commercial-free format a financial drain. The fire was snuffed out in 1989. The Yule Log spirit, however, proved harder to extinguish. In ensuing years, and especially following the growth of the Internet, fans of the original Log began clamoring for its return. Joseph Malzone, a New Jersey-based audio-video technician, and music collector Lawrence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yule Log | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, approximately 10 minutes. Drain in a colander and then return spaghetti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Eats: Star Chefs' Spam Recipes | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...David Communications, a public relations firm specializing in Arab-American and Islamic markets. "Many initially streamed in from Syria for economic reasons. The silk industry had collapsed there, and the U.S. car companies were actively recruiting for their factories," he explains. "In the 1940s wave called the 'Brain Drain,' Arabs came in search of better education. The third wave started in the late 1960's, where refugees fled here for political reasons or to escape homeland wars. Their villages were bombed out, and many already had relatives in Detroit. It was a safe haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Auto Industry's Forgotten Legacy: Diversity | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...billion bailout has been the focus of attention and scrutiny, the Internal Revenue Service and lawmakers have been quietly making changes to the tax code and how it is followed in an effort to further boost the financial strength of ailing companies. At the same time, though, the changes drain billions of dollars of badly needed tax revenue when the federal deficit is mushrooming. Many of the changes may lower corporate-tax revenue for years to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Tax Rules: The Hidden Corporate Bailout | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...Junior guard Jeremy Lin let the inbounds pass roll all the way across the half-court mark before he picked it up and only waited 2.6 seconds to drain a trey of his own. Harvard had pushed within three points and still had an ample 31 seconds of play time, thanks to Lin’s conservation of the clock...

Author: By Paul T. Hedrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls in Double Overtime | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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