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Collins' editors know that old words die hard - and that some people will vilipend (regard with contempt) any execution without a fair trial. So they've offered the chance of a reprieve. They have made public 24 words that face deletion because editors could find no example of their use...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hangman, Spare That Word: The English Purge Their Language | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

What the Menil made clear was that light was going to be one of Piano's chief materials. His best buildings are elegant variations on the idea of transparency. His Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, just five adjacent bays with travertine walls, is one of the most gratifying art-exhibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King of the Hill | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

The authors' extensive research takes in the 750 most significant business failures of the past 25 years. (Failure is defined as "writing off major investments, shuttering unprofitable lines of business, or filing for bankruptcy.") The main reason for these flops, they found, was usually a bad strategy: "Once launched, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

"We fully understand that the proof will be in the execution," Brigadier General Perkins says. "We, along with the Iraqi government, know that this is strategically important that it is done properly." But the measure of whether it has succeeded will be in the response of Sheikh Saleh al-A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disbanding the Sunni Patrols: A Backlash Brewing? | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

Eight years Brown has been waiting for its chance to be on the winning side of a nailbiter against Harvard.In 2004, it was a strong Crimson team that put together a 35-34 comeback victory; in 2005, it was a 38-35 double overtime win; and last year Harvard shut...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tripped Up | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

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