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...Names don't have to be difficult to seem dangerous, of course; sometimes manufacturers earn their menacing rep rightly. There's nothing inherently scary about names like Morris or Philip, but flip them around and stick them together, and pretty soon you're thinking about lung cancer. The Altria Group, on the other hand - which is the new corporate handle by which Philip Morris prefers to be known - means nothing at all, and that is precisely the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would You Buy Xylitol? Why Some Names Scare Us | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...quickly realized that one of two things was going to happen, neither of them good. We could hit by the nose, flip and break up, leaving few if any survivors, bodies, cold water, fuel. Or we could hit one of the wings and roll and flip with the same result. I tightened my seat belt as tight as I could possibly get it so I would remain intact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Park Avenue to the Hudson: A Flight 1549 Diary | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...When you fly, wear practical clothing. You never know when you'll end up in an emergency or on an icy wing in flip flops and pajamas and of absolutely no use to yourself or anyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Park Avenue to the Hudson: A Flight 1549 Diary | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

What arrives on my computer screen as the New York Times may be journalism, but it ain't a newspaper. A newspaper is what I hold in my hand as I sit back in my easy chair, coffee cup nearby, and flip back and forth, ripping out articles, snipping coupons and scissoring photos and obits for a bulging scrapbook. Handheld electronic devices that scroll text may one day make that pleasure obsolete, but they are not newspapers and will never take their place. Paul Wesel, BOSTON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...madness of the former real-estate bubble: "Can Flip's mortgage really be possible? Even if it is (and it can't be), I doubt it can be legal. A million dollars with no down payment, for two grand a month? It's an insult to money - an insult to the value of money. No wonder the L.A. real estate market has a problem with hyperinflation: the mortgage industry is printing its own banknotes...All I know is this: there is only one conservative, sensible, educated strategy when it comes to home ownership in L.A.. I must buy immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brit in Los Angeles, Deep in Debt | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

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