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...poor reception? For a tax that's attracted high-profile backers like Brown and Sarkozy, its track record is thin. When Tobin first proposed the idea in 1972, it was seen as a way to stop currency speculators after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates, but it was never imposed. Sweden enacted a tax on certain financial transactions in the 1980s but ditched it in 1991 after trading volumes sank. (See pictures of President Sarkozy in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Idea to Tax Financial Transactions | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...long, long time - billions of years, even. On Earth, for example, scientists get their best information about the planet's climatic history from ancient air trapped in polar ice, says Greg Delory of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Similarly, the lunar poles are record keepers of conditions over long periods. They are the dusty attic of the solar system, says Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now It's Official: There Is Water on the Moon | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...actually look at the record of his life over the last 15 years, he’s made an enormous impact on creating an education policy and framework,“ he said...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Remembers Senator | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

While it may not have much to lose, Harvard is going into the playoffs with the momentum of a strong regular-season finish. The Crimson claimed the Ancient Eight championship in a 2-1 overtime win over Columbia, boasted a 8-1 record in its final nine games, and put together a six-game win streak through the end of October...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eagles Loom Large in Tourney Matchup | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...publicly (perhaps because he'd be labeled a "panda hugger," the timeworn epithet tossed at anyone who has anything good to say about China) puts it this way: "China is striving to become what it has not yet become. It is upwardly mobile, consciously, avowedly and - as its track record continues to strengthen - proudly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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