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...accessible to people from all cultures, and it helps provide a sense of order and stability in an uncertain world. But the fundamental reason 350 million cubes have sold since 1980, Rubik says from his studio in Budapest, is its design: "People like its beauty, simplicity and form. It's really not a puzzle or a toy. It's a piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rubik's Cube: A Puzzling Success | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...Another charge against supplementing the costs of adding employees to the private sector is that it is a form of welfare. That is almost entirely true, but so is hiring people to build bridges which could be just as easily constructed in a year, or two years, or five. Underwriting infrastructure construction is no more or less welfare than most other forms of stimulating commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creating Jobs Trumps Building Bridges | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...three or four really strong fencers always put us in a good position.” On the men’s side, the team benefited from co-captain Benji Ungar’s return to health. “Benji looks physically fit and back to his old form again,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said. “He looks like he’s back, and if he stays healthy, he certainly has a shot at recapturing the NCAA individual title.” The senior’s nagging injuries during the fall campaign...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trip to Queens Ends in Mixed Results for Crimson | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...will take the country forward," he said. "It is the best way for Zimbabwe." As for what that way forward might be, deputy information minister Bright Matonga told the BBC: "There is not going to be any negotiations. I think that process is done, concluded ... and the President will form a new cabinet." - With reporting by Correspondents inside Zimbabwe See pictures of political tension in Zimbabwe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Deal in Zimbabwe — Or Maybe Not | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...blades of goats or cattle and use the cracks to interpret what the future held. The remains of these "readings" were unearthed years later and called dragon bones. Although these methods weren't specifically astrological, the period marks the beginning of the Chinese connection to the celestial bodies that form the basis of the Chinese zodiac. (See pictures of Chinese New Year celebrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chinese Zodiac | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

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