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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...program is in trouble when you're not sure whether one of your rockets just blew up. Americans go swoony when they talk about the romantic early days of space exploration, but what we forget is that a lot of that period was less romance than pratfall. Our worst pie-in-the-face moment came on Dec. 6, 1957, the day we attempted to launch our first satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Brains | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...Everybody talks about how much they love a diverse city, affordable housing, clean and vibrant neighborhoods, and how much they hate rats and traffic,” said Robert Winters, the proprietor of the Cambridge Civic Journal. “Yes, we all love apple pie and Mom, and we don’t like evil people with guns. Now what are you going to do when you get elected...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Council Hopefuls Clash on Housing | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...Luxembourg is divided into 116 communes. That’s like taking the last piece of pie from the fat kid and splitting it 116 ways...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Big List, Small Country | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...minute walk to Anchor & Hope, which deserves its reputation for what the Brits call great pub grub, including steak-and-kidney pie and braised rabbit. Save space for pudding. Annoyingly, no reservations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Map Quest: South London | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

Edsel Ford was a cultured man, a collector and an arts benefactor, in a town and time where culture equaled "pie-eating contest." He supported expeditions to the polar ice caps. His philanthropic legacy lives on in the Ford Foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edsel Agonistes | 9/7/2007 | See Source »

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