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...Time High," Rita Coolidge From the dreadful Octopussy, this love ballad presses all the wrong buttons. A perfect encapsulation of all the was wrong with the late Roger Moore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art (and Business) of the James Bond Theme Song | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...panic-stricken behavior makes perfect sense in light of the nation's recent history. Of all of the amazing growth stories in Asia's economic miracle, South Korea's is probably the most miraculous. In a mere generation, the country transformed itself from an impoverished backwater living on American aid to a globally competitive manufacturer of microchips, cars and flat-screen TVs. Any setback to that progress is taken with grave seriousness. During the 1997 crisis, office workers, too ashamed to tell their families they had lost their jobs, donned business suits each morning only to hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Depressed Mood | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Peter Baron needed a catchy name for his latest invention, a new kind of straw that added flavor to a drink. He reckoned Suckahh was perfect. "We took it to the U.S. and we got slaughtered," admits the 58-year-old Australian inventor. "They said it was probably the worst name you could ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Sip Enterprise | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...best advice I got was from Eric Reyes and Whitney Walker, co-authors of The Perfect Baby Name and, for $75, name consultants. They ignore subjective reasoning like name meanings and associations and focus solely on sounds. Walker told me that the strong s or t in my last name would sound nice repeated in the first name, as would the long-i sound. Whatever I choose, she suggested that I Google the name before settling on it. "Just to make sure it's not a porn star or something," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Help Joel Stein Name His Baby! | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...your back pocket will help.”It was the same reason that drew Kenyi, a recruit who received offers from Marquette and George Mason.“It was the best combination of school and athletics for me,” he says. “A perfect situation.”High hopes and championship dreams may rule the players’ minds, but what can be regarded as the biggest boon for the team—a top-ranked recruiting class—could also be the team’s biggest weakness, with half...

Author: By Paul T. Hedrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: Youth is Served | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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