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Alvelda has so far figured out how to achieve his work goal: to grow MobiTV with the best people who can keep the company relevant. "Here we are," he says, "a tiny, clever mouse dancing between elephants." That's some rodent. Every new MobiTV product or service touches a multitude of partners and involves infrastructure, new technologies (for server, handset and network), testing, integration with carriers, marketing and sales support, business development and contract negotiations. "It's a real three-ring circus," he says. "You have to make sure that no one drops anything as they juggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming Provocateurs | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...month's senior employee. And in what sounded to many in the council chambers like a version of the-dog-ate-my-homework excuse, Jordan testified that pre- Katrina evidence - salvaged, cleaned up and stored in a criminal court basement - is now being tampered with by rats. "Apparently, the rodent problem over at the basement is very serious at this time," he said dryly, to a few groans and chuckles from the assembled crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law vs. Order in New Orleans | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...gathered, titillated, perhaps, by the prospect of bloodshed, but at the same time confident that the dog would not succeed. Minutes passed. And then, with a rapidity and ferocity that shocked the onlookers, the dog pounced, caught the squirrel by its bushy tail, and proceeded to tear the helpless rodent to pieces. We gasped, not as much from horror as from disbelief. This was not supposed to happen...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: “No Time for This” | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...Mickey Mouse, and he's the subject of his own biography. Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times (Harper & Row; 96 pages; $14.95) documents the career of Walt Disney's cartoon creation, the cheerful rodent who lifted America's spirits during the Great Depression and went on to become a beloved international star. Mickeymania inspired books, toys, watches and countless other items, many of which are pictured in Mickey Mouse Memorabilia: The Vintage Years 1928-1938 (Abrams; 180 pages; $27.50). Whether happily dozing in an armchair that is the base of a lamp or merrily dancing with his Minnie atop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pleasures for the Holidays | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...many--on the tumble dryer, she has shown her willingness to bare all. (For those counting at home, Winslet also went the full monty in Jude, Hideous Kinky, Holy Smoke, Quills and Iris.) Even in Flushed Away, the new animated film in which she's the voice of a rodent, Rita, her character loses her trousers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kate in The Raw | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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