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Will it work? Green is a natural fit on cable lifestyle shows or news programs--though enlisting a news division to do advocacy has its own issues. But commanding a sitcom like The Office to work in an earnest environmental theme sounds like the kind of high-handed p.r. directive that might be satirized on, well, The Office. Even Begley--formerly of St. Elsewhere--notes that the movie Chinatown worked because it kept the subplot about the water supply in Los Angeles well in the background: "It's a story about getting away with murder, and the water story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Screens | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

...million to-do list before it could be declared operational. Improvements include everything from rethinking the platform's ballast system to installing anti-slip surfaces on its decks. In short, at the time when it was originally supposed to be in service, the vessel was not fit for the open sea - and that much was obvious even in Hawaii, not the harsh Bering Sea. "When you read that report, you have to wonder what the people who designed the thing where thinking," says Philip Coyle, a senior adviser at the Center for Defense Information (CDI) and a former Assistant Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Giant 'Golfball' for Missile Defense | 8/14/2007 | See Source »

...fate of Benelli doesn't fit neatly into conventional accounts of Italy vs. China. For starters, the motomaker had already suffered the consequences of a very different era of Asian competition. In the 1970s, it took a hit from top-performing Japanese bikes. What was once a company of 1,000 employees largely responsible for Pesaro's post-1945 growth had halted new production twice in the past two decades. By 1995, it had laid off all but the shell of a staff; those who were left merely produced replacement parts for existing bikes. Mauro Righi, who has worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China in Italy: Kick Start | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...extremely happy that Scott has accepted this new challenge,” Scalise said in a statement. “He has been a leader among his colleagues here for some time now, and his deep vision and intricate knowledge of Harvard Athletics make him a perfect fit for our management team...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Anderson Named Assistant Director of Athletics | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

Number of songs that fit on the not-yet-released Walkman W960i, Sony Ericsson's touchscreen answer to the iPhone, which holds hundreds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Aug. 6, 2007 | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

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