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...mystery is over," said James Goold, the lawyer representing the Spanish government, at a Madrid press conference on Thursday. "Odyssey stripped the gravesite of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes." Although Odyssey representatives said they had sought to keep the shipwreck's exact location secret out of concern for the site's security, in January, the court ordered the American company to reveal its findings to Spain. That information, coupled with the government's own investigations, enabled Madrid to assert today that the sunken ship - and the trove of silver treasure it contained - rightfully belong to the Spanish state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain Claims Sunken Treasure | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...started in Raffles Courtyard, next to the legendary Long Bar. The live crab is weighed in front of the customer and anything less than 2.2 lbs. (1 kg) is deemed more shell than meat. The exact sauce recipe is a closely guarded secret, but I noted plenty of garlic, ginger, honey, vinegar and chopped fresh red chili added to a rich tomato sauce - a superb balance of sweet and sour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Ever ... Chili Crab: Some Like It Hot | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...joys of the franchise's Next Gen detailing quickly fade into the background, and it soon feels like just another day in Liberty City. (After all, there have been five games with the exact same tone and story framework before this one.) At 20%, I'm skipping the Ben Hur-length cut scenes, and groaning every time I have to drive all the way across town. GTA: IV has a clever system that allows taxis to instantly take you across long distances. The problem with this is, now I'm furious when I can't find a cab. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Theft Auto IV: The 20.06% Review | 5/3/2008 | See Source »

While Hadfield did not specify an exact amount, he said that the Web site has had “many, many donations...

Author: By Nick Traverse, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hadfield Builds Web Site To Fight Malaria | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

...economic achievement. This argument also has its flaws. First, the historical racism towards blacks in this country has been longer and more ingrained than that of recent minority immigrants. Second, perceptions of blacks, regardless of talent, are worse than other minority groups and whites. Studies have shown that the exact same resume results in an interview more often if the name across the top is stereotypically white and less often if the name is stereotypically black. Third, African immigrants, who attain college and advanced degrees at a greater proportion than any other ethnic or racial group, still fair worse than...

Author: By Matthew K. Clair | Title: Black Culture Is Not the Problem | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

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