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...even worse aloft, all 10 crew members would be able to bail out easily. The shuttle can leave at pretty much any time, and a Russian return vehicle is always kept attached to the station - not as roomy or comfortable as the shuttle perhaps, but plenty good for jumping overboard and making a quick plunge back to Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Space Station a Money Pit? | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

USAGE Protests surrounding the annual G-8 meeting can be unruly, so the Germans want pre-emptive order. But they may have gone overboard with a $17 million fence, above, being built around Heiligendamm and a plan to track activists by using scent samples. The latter was, inconveniently, a favored tactic of the feared East German Stasi secret police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lexicon: Preventive Detention | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...around this girl. No matter how much it might feel like you’re shooting yourself in the foot, you’ve got to suck it up and be honest about the boyfriend when you meet him. I’m not saying you have to go overboard with compliments, but a sincere “he seems really nice” is the right way to go. Of course, if he seems like a total tool, don’t feel like you have to praise him, but avoid criticizing him outright. Exclaiming, “what...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...equation? The high-priced solution she and her husband devised: three kiddie Jeeps. "We laugh at ourselves now," says Patterson. "That was $900 driving around in the backyard. If we were not a blended family, there's no way we would have done this. We go overboard to be fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better House Blend | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...showed a 0.4 percent increase in prices for May (core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3 percent), the stock market made a comeback. But with future interest rate hikes now starting to be priced into the market, investor fears that central bankers around the world will go overboard and continue to drive rates higher is set to furuther spook markets. This is no trading correction that investors have to absorb. The real risk of a jarring bear market has emerged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Inflation Fears Justified? | 6/14/2006 | See Source »

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