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...selected as one of 35 Americans to join NASA’s class of 1996. At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, Wilson has worked in Mission Control as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for orbiting space crews. In 2003, she served as lead CAPCOM for the ill-fated Columbia mission...

Author: By Ying Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graduate To Launch On NASA Shuttle | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

After 20 years of wrangling over the allegedly ill-gotten wealth of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos, his widow Imelda, who turns 77 next week, and the Philippine government may be nearing a settlement. She spoke with TIME's Nelly Sindayen about wealth, friends and her shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I've Been Called a Thief" | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

Since her husband, philippine strongman ferdinand marcos, died in exile in Honolulu in 1989, Imelda Marcos has seldom been out of the news, mostly because of the Philippine government's 20-year pursuit of what it considers the Marcos family's ill-gotten gains, rumored to amount to billions. Marcos talked with TIME's Nelly Sindayen about money, her encounters with world leaders, and?what else??her shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions: Imelda Marcos | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...course, seen its share of gold rushes before, many of which ended with little return (or large losses) for investors who stampeded in. But this time many foreign companies seem set to make a tidy profit, not least because this is one industry in which the Chinese are ill-equipped to undercut overseas rivals while also providing the requisite quality of service. "You can knock off Prada or Montblanc," says Ralph Grippo, China manager for Ritz-Carlton hotels. "But there's no way you can knock off luxury service. It's about human beings and experience. That's not something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Hotel Boom | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, embroiled in his own power struggle with Hamas, denounced the attack as ill-considered and counter-productive, saying it both "violated the national consensus" and potentially offered Israel "a pretext to launch a widespread military operation." What happens next may depend on the fate of Cpl. Shalit. Numerous countries are lobbying Palestinian leaders to do everything they can to secure his release, with Egyptian representatives apparently playing a key role. Several senior officials of the Hamas government have publicly called for Shalit to be released unharmed. The militants holding the young soldier have said they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kidnapping in Gaza Puts New Pressure on Israel | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

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