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...international agreement decreed that instead of continually revising the definition of a second, atomic clocks would be adjusted by adding a leap second each time an appreciable discrepancy was detected by observations made at the International Earth Rotation Service in Paris. Since then, 24 leap seconds have been added, either on June 30 or Dec. 31; the last one was tacked on in 2005. At that rate, "it will be 5,040 years before we gain an extra hour," Novick says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wait a Second: Why 2008 Was a Long Year | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...damaged or diseased one. In the never-ending tug between organ supply and demand, the scales have never tipped in favor of the patient; only a fraction of the people needing a new kidney, liver or heart actually receive one. To move people off the organ-waiting list, doctors either have to boost the supply of donors, or improve the viability of existing organs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Kidney Transplant | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...should begrudge respect for Cubans on either side of the straits - not those who died in prisons fighting Fulgencio Batista nor those who died on rafts escaping Fidel Castro. But after 50 years, it's time to stop reliving the Bay of Pigs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After 50 Years of Castro's Cuba, Will the Cold War End? | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

...would stand down if I failed to fulfill my duty. I have decided to return the responsibility you gave me," Yusuf told them. "I said I will do everything in my power to make government work across the country. That did not happen either." That statement may just be a late contender for 2008 Understatement of the Year. At the very least, it is disingenuous. While it's true that Yusuf's government has never had any power, he must share some of the blame for Somalia's horrible condition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Somalia, a Transitional President Is Out | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

...real financiers will actually go scot-free," says Ruth Oniang'o, who runs a rural outreach program and lost in her bid for a parliamentary seat in 2007. "This is the Kenya I know and the Kenya I understand. Money and power talk, and those who don't have either continue to be victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Kenya's Election Violence Recur? | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

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