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These paragons of narcissism, misanthropy and delusion now have a shrine of their own, at tweetingtoohard.com (tagline: "Where self-important tweets get the recognition they deserve."). The website features more than 2,700 messages, which visitors rank in terms of offensiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twitter's Biggest Egos, Exposed | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

...considered something of an up-and-comer in U.S. industry circles. Ganis and Huang helped Rockets owner Leslie Alexander buy a stake in Chinese sportswear firm Anta for its successful initial public offering two years ago. But that comprador work is minor compared with the Cavs deal, which would rank as the biggest international sporting investment by a Chinese-Hong Kong consortium if it goes through. "It makes sense for the Chinese to look for business in the States, because that's where the investment opportunities are," says Terry Rhoads, managing director of Zou Marketing, a sports-branding consultancy based...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will China Play Ball with the Cleveland Cavaliers? | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...Amid the hundreds of acronyms that make up India's political landscape, the Communists rank among the few recognized "national" political parties of India, along with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress party. Competing for 130 seats, they only won 20, losing more than half their seats in the 543-seat lower house and suffering particularly costly setbacks in their strongholds of West Bengal and Kerala. In the last government, the Communists and their allies - known collectively as the Left Front - were an influential part of the ruling coalition. Now they have been relegated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why India's Communists Are Losing Ground | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...community must make sacrifices, all members of the community should understand and be fully informed of our financial situation. Like MIT, Harvard should create a website that allows students to see how much we need to save, where the College is thinking of cutting back, and allow undergraduates to rank proposals and see the dollar value that is associated with each plan. In addition, students should be allowed to provide their own creative solutions to budget cuts, for we have the best perspective on where the College could save money while not hurting student life. Also, when plans are being...

Author: By Andrea R. Flores | Title: We Are Harvard | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Among those most eager to drive a wedge between the President and rank-and-file Catholics are Catholic Republicans, who worry about losing more voters to the Democratic Party. Newt Gingrich wasn't yet a Catholic when the 2004 statement was debated and approved. But the new convert was the first to speak out against Notre Dame's commencement speaker. On March 24, the Republican former House Speaker weighed in on his Twitter account, which appears to have limits on capital letters: "It is sad to see notre dame invite president obama to give the commencement address since his policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Stand in Obama's Notre Dame Controversy | 5/16/2009 | See Source »

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