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...combination of the Fischer-Tropsch and the complementary American Kellogg process, not the German process only. Moreover it is common knowledge that after World War II the U.S. used captured German scientists to work on synthetic fuels. This was a U.S. Bureau of Mining project instigated by the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act. Not many people would call the U.S. a Nazi country. Leon Rousseau, JEFFREY'S BAY, SOUTH AFRICA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Introducing Sarah Palin | 9/22/2008 | See Source »

...bank - than there is from a rash of money funds declaring that their assets have gone bad. Money market funds are designed to be low risk, and by law are allowed to invest only in government bonds, certificates of deposit, short-term IOUs issued by companies, and other highly liquid securities - though, unlike the similarly named "money market deposit accounts" found at many banks, they're not FDIC-insured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feds Back Money Markets: Is Your Fund Safe? | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...reading “On the Road” along the way rather than David Sedaris. But certainly the free-lovers would still allow us to partake of their Kool-Aid, right?But instead of delicious red fruit-punch nectar, I found five-dollar-a-cup, more-ice-than-liquid lemonade sold from one of hundreds of stands waiting to take all your money as you stood dehydrated in the Southern sun. There were tents sponsored by television stations, software corporations, and Major League Baseball. I was a girl conflicted. At one show, I stood behind...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bonnaroo: You Ain't No Woodstock | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...will be coming in under the sliding door. Mayor White is on TV, asking everyone to conserve water, as one of the critical pumps is down. We have water in garbage cans, flower pots, all the kitchen pots and pans and anything else that could hold liquid. My dad wanted to make sure we could flush the commodes and have some to drink if our bottled supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out Ike: What it Really Felt Like | 9/13/2008 | See Source »

...London Verdict for Liquid Bombers Three of the eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic commercial flights using liquid explosives hidden in plastic soft-drink bottles were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, but the jury failed to reach verdicts on four of the men (one was acquitted of all charges)--and even on whether the cell had actually targeted aircraft. Prosecutors said the suspects' early arrests made it difficult to collect enough evidence to convince the jury of an imminent threat. Meanwhile, restrictions on carrying liquids aboard planes--measures sparked by the 2006 plot--remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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