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Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of northern Iraq, is less than an hour's flight from Baghdad but almost a world away. While the insurgent-plagued airport road in Baghdad is known as the "Highway of Death," the road from the newly opened Erbil International Airport, plagued by nothing more dangerous than cyclists in spandex, wends through construction for a real estate development called "Dream City," a planned community of several hundred California-style detached single-family homes, a supermarket and an American school. Fueled by oil wealth from rich fields in the region, Kurdistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble in Kurdistan | 3/17/2006 | See Source »

...think the problems of the College Board transcend this one incident,” Breimer said. “Because they are a monopoly, they have power in an unaccountable way...The SAT is the flagship test and it’s their way or the highway. If they make a mistake, no one can do anything about...

Author: By , CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Set to Handle SAT Score Glitch | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

When roadside spikes appear (gee, how did those get there?) on the highway, the RV breaks down. The disfigured mutants are not content to remain in the shadows, and when they emerge, the slaughtering commences...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Hills Have Eyes | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

There are miles of orange groves and lush greenery along the two-lane highway leading into Winter Haven. However, the town itself is home to some motels I wouldn’t have considered staying in for post-prom...

Author: By Frank Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rookie Learns Spring Lessons | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...western Pacific to Alaska and down the West Coast to Baja California, then (with a gap in the tropics) off the coast of South America. In a paper presented three weeks ago, he outlined the potential importance to the earliest Americans of what he calls the "kelp highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Were the First Americans? | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

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