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...minor improvements seem like necessities now. And if you think the toilet hasn't changed recently, think again: in 1994 Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, requiring common flush toilets to use only 1.6 gallons of water, less than half of what they consumed before. The "low flow" law left a lot of consumers dissatisfied (and a lot of toilets clogged) until companies developed better models, many of which - if we're lucky enough to be counted among the 60% of the world's population with access to proper sanitation - we use today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...left with the feeling of a little hopelessness,” Park said...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: General Rebukes Kim Jong Il | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...threes, but she can also take it to the basket,” Delaney-Smith said. “There was that one move where she stepped in and made the shot with [her left hand] from eight or nine feet out. I mean that’s a good move for a freshman...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Lippert Does It All for Harvard Offense | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...first classmate also complains about Hasan leaving lessons to pray: "He'd disrupt class by sitting in front and leaving for prayer. When one of us asked him to please sit in the back of the class so it wouldn't disrupt the rest of us when he left, he just looked at him with scorn." Hasan disdained gathering with his fellow students outside class, and they believe he failed to attend their master's graduation ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fort Hood: Were Hasan's Warning Signs Ignored? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...leader Deng Xiaoping once admonished his countrymen to "disguise their ambitions and hide their claws." It was useful advice for a country trying to pull itself out of decades of war and chaos. But now China's booming economy and resilience in the face of the global slowdown have left it in a prime position. It holds nearly $800 billion in U.S. Treasuries, making it Washington's biggest creditor. But Beijing is still not confident in acting on the world stage for any interest besides its own. A recent survey of Chinese élites by Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Self-Centered on the World's Center Stage | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

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