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...terrorist bombs, and dozens are killed. Local soldiers stop a suspicious car at a checkpoint. BRAAAAAT! spits the evildoers' gunfire, and the soldiers are dead. Back at the ballfield death scene, an ambulance drives off, carrying the wounded. KA-BLAM! A suicide bomber was inside. From the roof of a building a mile or so away, the masterminds of these atrocities record it all on video, for bragging rights later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans Win the War on Terror! | 9/28/2007 | See Source »

Part of the problem lies with Obama's low-key speaking delivery, an approach that surprises listeners who know him best (and often only) from his roof-raising keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. "His style is so cerebral and so cool that it just doesn't appeal to a wide segment of the Democratic Party," says an adviser to a rival campaign. "They want to like him, but he just isn't connecting with them." And Obama has had a harder time cultivating a down-home image than his opponents. A few weeks ago, he skipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Reach? | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

Living apart upends traditional notions of marriage, but researchers are beginning to suspect that it's not necessarily a bad thing. Studies show divorce in commuter marriages is no more frequent than in those where the couple is under the same roof. A large Rand Corp. study published last spring based on military personnel found that the longer the deployments, the higher the chance the marriage would stay together--in part because soldiers and their spouses cling to idealized memories of each other during their separations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Till Work Do Us Part | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...field implications of this home date, a near must-win against a Bears squad that is just a hull of its recent self (Ivy champs in 2005), take the back seat in the run-up to the above-the-field wattage. The lights that now ring the roof of Harvard Stadium will illuminate a football game for the first time, with kickoff set for a fashionably late 7:30 p.m. A 6:44 sunset with allow the Harvard fans observing Yom Kippur to arrive in time for the coin flip with clean slates and empty stomachs...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Harvard Will Shine in Week Two | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...gates to clear, and creaking baggage-handling equipment is prone to breakdowns. Though it can't ease runway congestion--Heathrow's "Achilles' heel," says Avery--T5 can make BA look better. Currently split between two of Heathrow's outdated terminals, BA will house virtually all its operations under one roof next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cabin Pressure | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

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