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Think you could stare at a single spot without blinking for 3½ years? Then be glad you're not NASA's Kepler telescope, which is set to blast into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this Friday night. Kepler's job may sound boring to you, but what the spacecraft accomplishes could be extraordinary: the discovery of the first Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars. Those kinds of places might well be brewing Earth-like forms of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kepler Telescope to Take a Census of the Galaxy | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...morning, Major Pellet,” said Mrs. Graham. Her voice had slammed the Major as she glanced my way.“Major,” said Daddy as he nodded to Marshall. “Terrific having you back. I bet this fellow’s pretty glad, too.” Daddy bent towards Marshall’s son. Then they left me behind as they went on and on about Gordon the darling seven-year-old. Mrs. Graham had been the one to keep him (with Marshall off fighting and his wife dead...

Author: By Nathan D. Johnson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Featured Fiction Part Two | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Truth or dare time. As Ola S. Canty ’11 prepares herself for a lap dance, I decide to take my leave—after all, I wouldn’t want to intrude on any Pfoho incest. I’m just glad it ended before anyone could suggest a game of Spin the Bottle...

Author: By Sanghyeon Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scene and Heard: | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...African Banking Corp. stare at their computer screens is misleading. A closer look reveals that they're either fiddling with iTunes or playing solitaire. Still, their boss, Seti Shumba, who moonlights as chairman of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, offers them smiles and pats on the back - he's just glad they showed up to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25-Min. Workweek on Zimbabwe's Stock Exchange | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...really glad that I can score for the team,” Markley said. “It’s an honor to step on court whether I can score two points or fifteen points on the night...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Killer P’s No Match for Sophomore Forward | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

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