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...pictures of a coal mine's attempt to clean up its image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dire Fate of Forests in a Warmer World | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...What would you do if a student told you “mi corazon es en fuego.” A. Surprised that a student of mine would make such mistakes in Spanish after my devoted and careful teachings, I would embark on a lesson on how to use the appropriate preposition and verb and then consider the question of how to properly translate the image of a scorching heart into Spanish (which would lead us into the terrain of poetry). B. I would teach the student the verb "coquetear" (to flirt), and ask for its conjugation in the future...

Author: By Linda M. Lian | Title: Beauty and the Brain | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...your compatriots at the Times wrote an article with a similar take away point about how novels and social rationales don’t mix, how they’re like oil and water, called “You Read Your Book and I’ll Read Mine.” Well, you can read your book and I can read mine, but I’ll be reading with the world. Ultimately, I don’t think you can read by yourself or that you can read just for pleasure. When you read, you?...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five And A Half Years Later, Bernstein Bites Back | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...records have been online for years. Copays are low, and there are no cutoffs for the cost of surgery, hospitalization or other care. Prescription drugs are covered. And premiums are lower than those of for-profit plans. If Barack Obama's health-coverage plan is modeled on one like mine, then everybody can win. Phil Bond, ELK GROVE, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

China's huge appetite is making some foreign governments nervous. Australia blocked the Minmetals deal with Oz, citing national security, forcing the Chinese firm to revise the offer to exclude a valuable gold and copper mine. And Libya exercised its option to buy Venerex Energy, a producer based in Calgary, Canada, whose biggest asset is an oil and gas field 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Tripoli. That thwarted a $390 million bid that China National Petroleum Corp. had made to acquire Venerex. Beijing hasn't done itself any favors either. It blocked--on antitrust grounds that analysts considered flimsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buying Binge | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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