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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...houses and divided them into 50 same-sex, four-person teams. The teams were brought in two at a time and given 20 minutes to solve an imaginary murder mystery, relying on made-up evidence and detective interviews. One of the suspects in the mystery was indeed guilty, which meant that the test did have a right answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Office Oddball Is Good for Business | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...world's tallest building. They are all adornments for the subject of the billboard: Dubai's leader, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. The sheik has been rumored to have suffered significant health problems from the strain brought on by the emirate's economic woes. The billboard is meant to belie those rumors; it shows the sheik, 59, looking sharp, vibrant and healthier than ever. Behind his picture is a simple caption in Arabic: "We don't wait for things to happen, we make them happen." And if you want to say otherwise, Dubai doesn't want to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumping on Dubai: Have Hard Times Hit the Emirates? | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...companies still have an ace in the hole. The Administration cannot take Chrysler and GM (GM) into bankruptcy without the probability that it will severely undermine stimulus plans meant to save or create 3.5 million jobs over the next year-and-a-half to two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chapter 11 Still Not an Option for Government | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...annual spring break tour. Four outdoor games and eight days later, as an injury-hampered Crimson shuffled its pack, the team left with one win and three straight losses, but overall winning contributions from 11 players. “The teams are good out here, so it meant that everyone was getting a chance to play someone they haven’t been playing back home,” Harvard coach David Fish ’72 said. “Every single guy contributed a win out here, in tough company.”Weakened by the absence...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Injuries Hamper Crimson Efforts in California | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

...Protesters plan to "lay siege" to London's financial institutions, according to G-20 Meltdown's website. There's even the promise of a "Banquet at the Bank" and the chance to "feast on a rare delicacy: bankers' brains!" Features like that are all meant in jest, says Michael Rainsbro, a spokesman for the group. "It's April Fool's day," he says. "Do you seriously think we're gonna go down and eat bankers' brains? Come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hang the Bankers! Getting Ready to Vent in London | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

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