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The news late Monday that Manchester United, current champions of English and European league soccer, had bought the Bulgarian star Dimitar Berbatov might usually have rankled the long-suffering fans of Manchester City, United's fierce crosstown rivals. City supporters have spent years living in the shadow of their more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Flowing into English Soccer | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

Smith and Bovill are part of a long and illustrious line of spelling malcontents. Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Teddy Roosevelt and even Noah Webster, father of American lexicography, all lobbied for spelling reform, their reasons ranging from traumatic childhood spelling experiences to the hope that easier communication would promote peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making an Arguement for Misspelling | 8/12/2008 | See Source »

To sample just one of Château Margaux's great vintages - the sweet tannins and voluptuous fruit of a 1990, say, or the big, rich spiciness of a 1983 - is to savor winemaking at its most refined. To take home 18 of them is an oenophile's dream. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bordeaux: Best Cellar | 7/23/2008 | See Source »

Though they may not always like to admit it, Americans have known for centuries that sometimes the best way to get a good picture of the U.S. is to see it through foreign eyes. Alexis de Tocqueville did a dead-on reading of the place. So did Charles Dickens. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Reissued Photography Books Reconsidered | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

If you have attended any of the classical music events on campus, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the music of Elizabeth C. Lim ’08. Lim has composed music for groups such as the Brattle Street Chamber Players, the Freshmen Musical...

Author: By Jessica O. Matthews, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elizabeth C. Lim ’08 | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

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