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They pursue their prey using outboard motors instead of oars and tote rocket-propelled grenades instead of cutlasses. But like their peg-legged predecessors, the pirates of today's headlines--most recently those who hijacked a Japanese cargo ship off the Somali coast on July 20--are economic opportunists exploiting the largely unpatrolled waterways through which 90% of global trade flows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Pirates | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...Paul told me there's a reason he had so much success, particularly with younger voters. "They're idealistic. They like consistency. They like principle," he said. For a sense of his hard-line heart, consider the fact that his signal issue was the gold standard--returning to the peg the dollar used before 1971 as a bulwark against inflation and federal mismanagement. That would mean scrapping the Federal Reserve, for starters. While Barr talks about shrinking the size of government, Paul wants to tear the entire global financial system limb from limb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libertarians: A (Not So) Lunatic Fringe | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...After growing up in St. Louis and attending an all-girls Catholic school, O’Reilly was eager to escape the confines of a conservative society when she came to Cambridge. “I was a square peg in a round hole,” she said. “I was in the wrong school, the wrong city. I was being raised to be a lady, which I certainly was not interested...

Author: By Alexandra perloff-giles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jane O'Reilly | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...Dubai, driving up the price of everything from food to office space. Nobody is hurt more than the Gulf's millions of ill-paid migrant workers, and this exacerbates the danger of growing labor unrest. One measure that Gulf countries are considering to dampen inflation: a dismantling of the peg that ties their currencies to the beleaguered U.S. dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giddy Heights: Boom in the Gulf | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...Just Like Kicking Jesus” and “Auto-Matic-Faggot for the People,” the group maintains their tradition of rock-star irreverence. The first track, “Bring Me The Head of Paul McCartney on Heather Mill’s Wooden Peg (Dropping Bombs on the White House),” invites the listener into a dream world of primal beats and melodic repeating motifs. This atmosphere ensnares the listener for much of the record, which lasts over an hour, in keeping with the epic proportions typical of the group. The goal...

Author: By Meredith S. Steuer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Brian Jonestown Massacre | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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