Word: givens
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...believe Captain Graf is the first senior officer in the U.S. armed forces to have verbally abused subordinate staff. Were all previous offenders given similar worldwide publicity and vilification by TIME? The lady has already been penalized by military authority . Was it necessary for TIME to do a hatchet job on her as well? Gerry E. Wood, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...
...What does that mean? It means we pool our sovereignty. We, each one of these 27 countries, have given up some of our sovereignty to a higher body, the European Union. And said, we'll be more effective if we work together. We're different countries. We speak different languages. We have different backgrounds. We have different traditions. We've even been at war with each other at times, but we share a common pool of values: democracy, human rights, belief in the peaceful resolution of conflict, social cohesion and now, of course, the idea of a green economy...
While Martini and Reed can sound Pollyannaish, given the bleak job market ("If you were unhappy or in a job that wasn't right, your boss did you a favor"), this spirited book should help the immobilized find some footing...
TIME has a long history with Steve Jobs. We first put him on the cover in 1982 for a story about what we called "America's risk takers" - and he has been taking risks ever since. Over the years, Jobs has given us behind-the-scenes access to Apple's product development, as when we did a feature about the launch of the iPhone three years ago. This time, in anticipation of the iPad's launch, we sent out the English writer, actor and technology geek Stephen Fry to spend some time with Jobs and his team...
...earlier version of the Apr. 12 news article "Crosswords Turn Competitive" incorrectly stated that the winners of a Harvard undergraduate division were recognized, but did not receive prizes at the Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament. In fact, awards were given to the Harvard winners, according to Nathaniel S. Rakich '10, the president of the Harvard College Crossword Society...