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China is the most obvious example. But there's also Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors, overflowing again with oil wealth. Even Japan, while not exactly booming, has seen its currency remain curiously weak during the dollar's long fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dollar Is a 98-lb. Weakling | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...returned to Indiana State for one more year, but his being taken as No. 1 pick by the Celtics was enough to revive fans accustomed to the annual championships brought home by Boston stars Bill Russell and John Havlicek.The man in front of me spoke with such obvious nostalgia and enthusiasm. He had stood in the very same line back in 1978, eager to get a good look at the Celtics’ future. The man standing next to him—a stranger until that morning—had been in the same line. Twenty-nine years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOMER SOONER | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...dishes may come out at different times,” our multi-pierced, mohawk-sporting waitress informed us as she punched our orders into a handheld device that looked a lot like my TI-83 Plus. At first, her disclaimer sounded like an over-rehearsed statement of the obvious: shouldn’t all restaurant food be made “fresh to order”? But here’s the hitch: Wagamama is a fast food joint. Was the last Big Mac you ate “made fresh to order”? Modeled after the noodle bars...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Noodle in Town | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...Museum of Fine Arts, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston. 2) Bless Your Bleedin’ Heart Harvard faces off against BC —pint to pint. Why should you give blood? Because you feel the need. The need to bleed. Besides the obvious altruistic motivations, studies say giving blood has serious health benefits for donors, too. Thurs., Sept. 27 and Fri., Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. SOCH, Hilles, Radcliffe Quad. 3) And You Thought Your Blockmates Were Melodramatic… Welcome Back Grey’s Anatomy! Will Lexie Grey be Seattle Grace?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Get out! | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...then, there he is - and laughter is freedom's only appropriate reaction. The bubble bursts. He denies not only the Holocaust but also homosexuality? Suddenly, it all becomes obvious: We are being played by extremists on both sides. To be sure, Iran does arm Hizballah, and it does have an active nuclear program that may or may not be proved to have hostile intent, and it is making trouble for the U.S. in Iraq, supplying weapons to our enemies. These are all problems to be addressed soberly and perhaps even, eventually, with multilateral force. But the neoconservative campaign to transform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflating a Little Man | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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