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According to Redmond, who says that Seattle plans to franchise the idea by helping other cities implement similar initiatives, the Poet Populist program is all about the “hoi polloi.”

Author: By Lindsay P. Tanne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Populist Spreads Love of Poetry | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

An abundance of cheap soft drinks provided a little refreshment in this sweltering environment. And the Yazegis were Gaza's kings of fizz. Ammar's grandfather opened the factory in 1954 and gradually acquired the franchises for Pepsi, 7Up and Mirinda (an orange-flavored drink) before passing on the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soft Drink Fizz Goes Flat in Gaza | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Why did you end The Office after only two short seasons? -Rodney Rice Jr., Belleville, Ill.We didn't want to run out of ideas. Many people make more money on the third and fourth seasons. But we never did it for that. We had a finite story to tell. Also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ricky Gervais | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

The tutoring industry is marveling too. Franchises geared toward giving toddlers an academic edge are popping up across the country. A few years ago, Sylvan Learning Centers, which operates 1,100 tutoring sites in the U.S., started a pre-K reading program. Around the same time, Kumon, a Japanese company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tutors for Toddlers | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

Many Dems are so loath to cede the high fiscal ground painstakingly won from the G.O.P. that they are willing to hit Wall Street with a new tax. But others have very parochial reasons to want to protect private equity. Senator John Kerry, for example, was opposed to a version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dems' Tax (and Spend) Dilemma | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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