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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about $259 million on revenues of $1.3 billion. Last autumn, Saga refinanced nearly $2 billion of debt at better terms, and ahead of schedule, allowing it to save $59 million a year in interest payments. Moreover, Saga's travel service recently added a third cruise ship to its fleet, and Saga Magazine now has more than 600,000 subscribers, making it the 10th most widely circulated U.K. title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Years Rule | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...mountains and along Iraqi river valleys in U.S. military choppers - usually clutching my stomach to avoid losing my MRE - I know there are no helicopter pilots better than those trained by the U.S. military. Nor are there any better flying machines (the White House's recent ordering of a fleet of Anglo-Italian helicopters for the President's use notwithstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are So Many Choppers Crashing? | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...Guards and the Revolutionaries who had come to my house but also by the former staff of Shell. The man with the tinted spectacles was in charge. He was quite a fluent speaker. He started with the Opium War of 1840, giving a vivid description of how the invading fleet of Britain bombarded the Chinese coast. He spoke as if it were I who had led the British fleet up the Pearl River. He described Shell as a multinational firm and said that Lenin had stated that such companies were the worst enemies of socialism. He turned to my family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...classes—which will be taught by experts including Harvard University Dining Services chefs, House building managers, and the “master technicians” from Fleet Management Services—will present the material in hands-on and seminar-style sessions, Fox said...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At OCS, Classes To Help You Get a Life | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

...most maximalist work thus far. In the wake of a season at the Sydney Festival, Devolution pushes Stewart's high-voltage style to bursting point, pitting man against machine, muscle against metal. For this, the Adelaide-based choreographer has worked with Montreal "roboticist" Louis-Philippe Demers to engineer a fleet of moving machines that interact with ADT's 10 dancers on stage. By the end, performers don computer-programmed prosthetics in a dystopian dance with a visual style reminiscent of Mad Max. At a time when contemporary choreography so often underwhelms, Devolution has the wow factor, even if its message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King of the Power Kick | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

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