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...hard power, applied by men bearing arms. The nations and people of the E.U. are generous when it comes to aiding the poor and disadvantaged; sensible in forming policies that address pressing environmental challenges. And perhaps above all - as the next four pages show - the institutions that give shape to Europe's growing unity have made life better for those who live there. That seems a timid, small success. But for anyone old enough to remember the European misery out of which the Treaty of Rome took shape, it is a stunning miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quiet Miracle | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Arrested Development star who plays Poehler's brother and evil skating partner in Blades of Glory. (He's also her real-life husband.) "Certainly there've been movies the last couple of years that have done that, but Will doesn't. He's not élitist in any way, shape or form." As lame as it sounds, Arnett believes being kind and gracious and free of neuroses is crucial to making Ferrell's comedy work. "The egg always ends up on his own face. He's incredibly sweet, and audiences can feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Ferrell: Brilliant Idiot | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...routinely published in news accounts and have a considerable influence on local property values. In addition, many states and cities offer financial incentives for teachers and principals at schools that score high. "Principals are desperate to provide good news and reassure their communities that they are in good shape," says former principal Wimberley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is a Top School Forcing Out Low-Performing Students? | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...slightly altered line from a song by the Wu-Tang Clan, a popular rap group: “Winthrop ain’t nothing to fuck with.” While hardly lyrical genius, the design has some merits: It doesn’t feature a penis, or penis-shaped object. In several houses, previous designs and current proposals have shown a distinct tendency to veer towards the phallic in their attempt to inspire house pride. Mather house, for example, last year clothed its troops in a design featuring the blockish Mather Tower in a phallic shape with the witty...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Too Phallic | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

...involved in the conflict themselves. Whatever policy the U.S. eventually endorses, Gates - unlike Rumsfeld - won't have to cast a nervous eye into his own rearview mirror and wonder about how Congress and the press might react to such a change in strategy. "Gates is in great shape," Korb says, "because he wasn't here when these decisions were made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Gates the Anti-Rumsfeld? | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

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