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Bono should be named TIME'S Person of the Year. No single individual has done more to raise global awareness about the urgency and need to create a more peaceful and equitable world. And there is nothing on the planet that is more important than that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Past Honorees Give Their Picks for This Year | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...their time, money and prayers. Our special thanks to those who have come from abroad to assist in the ongoing relief efforts. It is amazing how a tragic event can sometimes bring out the best in us. Compassion and concern give mankind hope that we can coexist on this planet as one global family. Abdul Mughni Lahore, Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/12/2005 | See Source »

...their time, money and prayers. Our special thanks to those who have come from abroad to assist in the ongoing relief efforts. It is amazing how a tragic event can sometimes bring out the best in us. Compassion and concern give mankind hope that we can coexist on this planet as one global family. Abdul Mughni Lahore, Pakistan Are we prepared to meet the challenge brought by unprecedented devastation caused by earthquakes? Only quakeproof buildings should be allowed to be constructed, and all builders should be forced to obtain monthly certifications that their work has been checked and found satisfactory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Better Longer | 11/12/2005 | See Source »

...Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and served as Department of Astronomy chair from 1976-1982. Cameron’s primary research interests were the structure and evolution of solar nebula and the formation and sequence evolution of low-mass stars, as well as their nucleosynthesis. He also studied planet formation and the physics of planets and their atmospheres. In 1976, Cameron challenged contemporary beliefs with his new theory for the origin of the moon. He argued that an object at least the size of Mars struck our planet, causing fragments to be strewn into orbit around the Earth. The debris...

Author: By Kyle B. Gibler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Astronomy Professor Moves to World Beyond | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

...inherently likable role, our bemused Virgil in the Inferno of media clichés. Colbert plays the devil himself: the millionaire pundit pretending to stand up for the little guy. He can even demagogue astronomy. When astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson told him Pluto should not be considered a planet, Colbert debated him thusly: "Isn't that just East Coast liberal intellectual ... did you go to an Ivy League school?" "Yes, I did." "... Ivy League-- educated people telling us what is or isn't a planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The American Bald Ego | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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