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...show he helped build into an international brand. "After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program in a new direction," he wrote. "I will no longer be associated with it." Ebert's announcement arrived only hours after co-host Richard Roeper, of the Chicago Sun-Times - his on-air companion since 1999 - announced that he too would be leaving At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper; his last weekend on the show will reportedly...
...When my host sister Kinga and I walked outside after dinner, however, the sky in front of us was graced by one of the brightest rainbows I'd seen in a long time. The entire arc and a fainter, second arc were visible against the clouds above the open fields that stretched from the edge of town. One end terminated near a red-brick church spire atop what might be the town's tallest building—over six hundred years old, according to Kinga...
...thoroughly began to enjoy the experience. It is during my daily commute that I feel most entrenched in Tokyo life, as commuting is an experience that all walks of life endure together. After a traditional breakfast of fish and salad, and a quick game or charades with my host family (in lieu of a conversation), I leave the house for the hour-long commute to Waseda University. While I am generally the most conspicuous rider, I find that I am the one who tends to stare at others, as the Tokyo metro is a central convergence of lifestyles...
...have good company. This week a separate team of researchers at the University of Texas announced they had found what may be the virus's "Achilles' heel" - a stretch of amino acids in the HIV envelope protein, which is necessary for the virus to attach to and infect host cells. Those amino acids, researchers say, could someday be a key therapeutic target and may help change the epidemic's course...
...Earlier this year, Austria released a stamp that shrank a football to, well, postage-stamp size, to mark the country's role as co-host of this year's European soccer championships. The self-adhesive stamps were not only circular, but made of the same polyurethane mix as the balls that players used in the June tournament. The Austrian post office printed some 500,000 and they sold for just under $6 each...