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...personality: "You have this neurotic ambivalence about going far enough to challenge things but not enough to ruin things. You do things halfway, and being confused about them is who you are." In all his fevered typing, Strauss got annoyed only once. "It's really frustrating that I haven't been able to string the pity sex in. It's a really good theme," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rogue Journalist: Writing My Memoir Palin-Style | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Cities like Seattle and St. Louis - which lie in seismological danger zones but where quakes haven't occurred for centuries - are even less prepared. And the worst disasters will continue to occur in the cities of the developing world, in places like Tehran and Gujarat, India, where sheer population density and virtually nonexistent building codes can lead to death tolls in the tens of thousands during a strong quake. That was clear during the May 2008 earthquake in western China, when some 20,000 children and teachers were killed in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools. "What happened in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earthquake Preparedness: Lessons from San Francisco | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Ricci case starts over again in New Haven (Yale), with a black firefighter suing with the claim that New Haven's 2003 promotional exam unjustly prevented him from being promoted to lieutenant status...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...negotiations that were revived this week in the hope of resolving the Honduran coup crisis still haven't cracked the critical issue: whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya will be restored to office and allowed to finish the final three months of his term. The U.S., the Organization of American States (OAS) and every other nation in the world have condemned the June 28 military coup as antidemocratic - and they've warned the installed President, Roberto Micheletti, that they won't recognize the results of Honduras' long-planned Nov. 29 presidential election if Zelaya isn't reinstated beforehand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is U.S. Opposition to the Honduran Coup Lessening? | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...this favorable outlook for Canada is predicated on a loonie that pulls back about 10% to 89 cents. That's a risky bet in a marketplace where institutional investors are dumping U.S. dollars - which were seen as a safe haven during the darkest hours of the global recession - and moving into more attractive investment opportunities as financial markets rebound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Exposure: Could Canada's Recovery Stall? | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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