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When the Leonid meteoroid shower streaked across the sky in 1833, people in the northeastern United States took the deluge of bright, flying particles as a sign of the impending apocalypse...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Meteors Disappoint Watching Students | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...large sign mysteriously showed a wire dry-cleaner hanger crossed out with a large “x.” Protestors waved actual hangers in the air, and while we were initially confused, the explanation was sobering...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stu-what? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...Republic of China. While that is long-standing American policy, scholars could recall no point when a U.S. President has stated it publicly. Territorial questions like Tibet remain top priorities for China, and Obama's mention of that issue was a key win for Beijing. It's a sign that while China doesn't know how it wants to use its newfound clout on the global stage, it is learning how to get what it wants from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Self-Centered on the World's Center Stage | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...Because it’s an open list, people can just sign up and many old alumni decide to stay on using their Gmails,” Fulton-Howard said...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pfoho, The Devil's Snare? | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...explain the fact that longtime Ronald Reagan admirers are suddenly starting to sound like a union activist's picket sign? Has the Great Recession of 2008-09 effectively sapped all the energy from Europe's post-1989 wave of economic neoliberalism? "Quite clearly, the state is back," notes Iain Begg, a professor of European political economy at the London School of Economics. "In front of the failures of the Anglo-American model, we are seeing a revival of Keynesian approaches to react to the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Sour on American-Style Capitalism | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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