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But it is the invisible opposition, what Beijing prevents the rest of the world from seeing, that elicits the most concern. Recent reports indicate that sporadic violence in Tibet continues despite a massive Chinese military crackdown that has now lasted almost three weeks. According to Tibetan exiles and activist groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Olympic Torch Burn China? | 4/6/2008 | See Source »

When America invaded Iraq five years ago, most of the people who set American foreign policy believed two things. First, they believed that the U.S. military could not lose. From Panama to Kosovo, the Gulf War to Afghanistan, America had been on a wartime winning streak since the late 1980s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chainsaw Diplomacy | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

“One way to get rid of angular momentum very efficiently is to squirt material out the poles of a rotating system,” says Goodman. Goodman and Borkin’s research focuses on counting and measuring these outflows.

Author: By Hee kwon Seo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brains Shed Light on the Stars | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

FPL, the nation's fourth largest utility, came under heavy criticism after Florida's spate of hurricanes in 2005, which exposed lax attention to maintenance issues like updated power line poles, tree-trimming and what was widely considered an outdated grid system. The latter may not have allowed for sufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Blackout: A Warning Sign? | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

Parfitt started wondering about another aspect of the Lemba's now-credible oral history: a drumlike object called the ngoma lungundu. The ngoma, according to the Lemba, was near-divine, used to store ritual objects, and borne on poles inserted into rings. It was too holy to touch the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lead on the Ark of the Covenant | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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