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...tire-gauge attacks. Politics ain't beanbag, and Obama has defended himself against worse smears. The real problem with the attacks on his tire-gauge plan is that efforts to improve conservation and efficiency happen to be the best approaches to dealing with the energy crisis - the cheapest, cleanest, quickest and easiest ways to ease our addiction to oil, reduce our pain at the pump and address global warming. It's a pretty simple concept: if our use of fossil fuels is increasing our reliance on Middle Eastern dictators while destroying the planet, maybe we ought to use less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke | 8/4/2008 | See Source »

...Short of wearing a stars and stripes onesie, the flag lapel pin is the quickest sartorial method for a politician to telegraph his or her patriotism. The origin of the flag lapel pin is murky, though it is by necessity linked the history of the American flag as a commonly used symbol. According to Marc Leepson's Flag: An American Biography, the "near religious reverence many Americans have" for our national symbol dates only to the Civil War era (not back to the Revolutionary War, as many assume) . Prior to that, few private citizens possessed or flew their own flags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Flag Lapel Pin | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...that rates HUDS food items. “All of this, of course, is an effort to share information with you and get feedback in the mediums where you are most comfortable,” Mayer wrote on the blog. The blog is “the best and quickest way” for HUDS to reach students, especially in a “digital age,” said Joseph A. Iovino, customer service manager at Adams dining hall. Martin said that while feedback cards or e-mails typically focus on a specific meals or types of food...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUDS Offerings Expand to Web | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...very different side of old Hong Kong and one that is rapidly disappearing." Satisfy your appetite at the Tung Po seafood restaurant in North Point, above the market at 99 Java Road, a 20-minute tram ride away. Once you're stuffed, Sun says, a cab is the quickest way to the funkiest bar in town, Feather Boa. The antiques store turned bar is always crowded, he says, but the delicious drinks and friendly atmosphere make it worth elbowing your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real China | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...renminbi, or close to $50, a considerable amount for most mainland Chinese) to 122 VIP seats (at 2,008 renminbi, or $250, each). Liu believes that most of the seats in the best section were set aside for government and Communist Party officials, who he says were among the quickest to vacate them at the intermission. "I think only 10% of the audience are true music lovers," said a man surnamed Song, an amateur vocalist who hovered around the theater in freezing temperatures hoping to find a cheap ticket from the scalpers. "People think going to Western operas and classical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling the allure of a night at the opera | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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