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...most glamorous studio from the '20s to the '50s, the other a kind of filmmakers' cooperative that nurtured indie-minded directors from D.W. Griffith to Woody Allen - both of which had fallen fallow. Almost instantly, Turner was obliged to sell the studios and their California real estate; but he held on to the library of 3,000 old MGM, Warner Bros., UA and RKO films. These were the programming staples for his TNT channel (Turner Network Television), which went on the air Oct. 3, 1988; the first movie shown was Gone with the Wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 15 Reasons to Love Turner Classic Movies | 5/2/2009 | See Source »

...York City subway system. But in today's age of asymmetric conflict tunneling seems to have a new cachet. The US military is finding this out in Iraq and Afghanistan, where there have been numerous successful and nearly successful underground breaches at bases and prisons where suspected terrorists are held. "Protecting underground perimeters is the next capability gap to be bridged in the force protection arena," Lt Colonel Robert Tucker, of the Army's Maneuver Support Center at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, wrote in a recent journal article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Underground Threat: Tunnels Pose Trouble from Mexico to Middle East | 5/2/2009 | See Source »

When Faculty of Arts and Sciences Information Technology held a focus group last spring to discuss a potential new e-mail system, Trevor J. Bakker ’10 had his share of complaints to voice.The current junior says he was so concerned about the limited quota on the existing Faculty of Arts and Sciences Webmail client that when FAS IT announced the creation of a new e-mail service with the domain name @college.harvard.edu in November, he signed up the next day.Since then, Bakker says he has had no problems with the 10-gigabyte mailbox size. And despite...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: E-mail Switch Draws Security Concerns | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...experience which proved to be surprising. “It was in the basement of Adams and there were two theater lights, and I was sitting next to pipes that were running, and there was traffic right outside the windows,” he says, referencing a production held in the Adams House Pool Theatre. “This was my representation of Harvard theater. But I thought that as long as there were people creating and doing what they love, then that was all I wanted.” At Harvard, Priour has been involved in an enormous variety...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jonah C. Priour ’09 | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...either out of fear or embarrassment. There is a stigma associated with being ‘illegal’ in this country, especially with all of the attacks on immigrants by the U.S. government. All I can do is have faith in God and move forward with my head held high. I didn’t come to this country to take anyone’s place. What I have achieved, and what I will achieve, is due to the support of others and my own will to succeed.” Today, Lopez is one of the lucky...

Author: By Kyle A. De beausset | Title: The Right to Exist | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

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