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...pick your roles? One of the frustrations that I've had is to read about some animals' extraordinary behavior, but maybe not being able to understand what their Latin name corresponds to out in my garden. So I kept it simple-flies, earthworms, a barnacle-things that people know...
...trade surpluses with the U.S. This line of thought goes back to English economist John Maynard Keynes - the source of seemingly every important economic idea of this crisis-racked time - who first proposed what he called "supernational bank money" in 1930. During the economic turmoil of his day, he kept refining the idea and proposing odd names for the currency - first "grammor" and then "bancor." (He rejected a colleague's suggestion...
...free press by arriving at high-profile events, like the 2008 Democratic Convention, that were suddenly short of hotel space. Tapping their RISD backgrounds, they designed fanciful Obama O's and Cap'n McCain's cereal boxes and sold $30,000 worth as collector's items, which kept them going. With their guerrilla lodging site and their cereal boxes, they got on CNN, on many local newscasts and in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. And their site grew - enough to garner $20,000 from Y Combinator, the venture firm. (See pictures of the best Obama Inaugural...
...decline showed that the get-tough policies passed at the end of the Bush Administration were working. Members of Congress like Republican Representative Tom Feeney of Florida were on hand for a press conference with the report's authors. He celebrated the end of "perverse incentives" that had kept illegal immigrants in the U.S. "Obviously," Feeney said, "illegals are getting the message." (Watch TIME's video "Blocking the Border Fence...
...winners.”Despite this success, Cao’s freshman year has hardly been easy, with the weather turning out to be the least of her problems.The biggest hurdle Cao faced was overcoming a fractured kneecap from a biking accident and an injured wrist that kept her out for the majority of last semester. “I’m all better now,” Cao said with a hint of relief. “It’s good to be back on the court. I’m trying to improve with each match...