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...country. There's one difference: instead of going into politics, Bhagwan decides to transform India by becoming an industrialist to give his country the economy it deserves. The crux of the novel comes when the middle-aged industrialist, overworked and undersexed, meets Ma Durgeshwari, a holy woman with a pet tiger, and enjoys a reinvigorating bout of Tantric lovemaking with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shock of the Old | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...sure, professors should not attempt to overextend the pedagogical potential of course websites. Online discussion boards, a pet of some professors, rarely generate worthwhile reflection on the course content—and even less frequently do they even generate discussion. Instead the boards are often forgotten after a brief flurry of compulsory activity at the start of the semester. Mandatory virtual discussions are frequently perceived as chores; professors would be better served by focusing on improving real life interactions between students. If they do that, and improve websites in the areas we listed above, College professors will make the most...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Sprucing Up Course Websites | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...years Estimated age of the remains of a kitten found in a tomb in Cyprus. Experts believe it is one of the oldest known pet cats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

...just like Gibson, Carmack has an unlikely pet project. The millionaire, 33, is actively competing for the $10 million X Prize, an award to the first private entrepreneur who builds a fully functional rocket that can carry passengers to space. Hey, why not? Mel's dream came true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games: You Ought to Be in Pixels | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

...Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare that Califano had his biggest impact: he started the national crusade against smoking. That campaign has probably saved tens of thousands of lives over the years, but it sent the tobacco industry and its pet politicians into a rage. Carter fired Califano from the Cabinet, partly to mollify the tobacco interests but also because, inevitably, Califano was just too much an insider. --By John F. Stacks

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Ultimate Insider | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

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