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...understandable. As the first of its kind, M vs A wants to parade the range of its 3-D effects. It's quite a show, from the intergalactic rock slide that starts things off to the climactic destruction of the Golden Gate bridge. That's a tribute to a similar scene in Ray Harryhausen's 1955 It Came from Beneath the Sea - and possibly a sly death-wish joke aimed at the Pixar artists who drive across the bridge to work every...
...Economists and international financial experts are left to answer an extremely difficult question. Does it matter if other large nations employ similar tactics to the U.S. in reviving their economies? Or, is a coordination of efforts not important to the pace of a global recovery. If Germany refuses to make more than a modest effort to help its banks and major industries while the U.S. is going "all in" with every dime it can spare to help housing, banks, and jobs creation, does the imbalance between the scales of the efforts make a difference...
...demonstrates that the government may retroactively alter the terms of financing agreements between it and private companies. It is likely that these events may cause private investors to reexamine whether they want to participate in TALF. If they believe that these financing agreements could expose them to a similar pattern of attack, they may choose not to participate...
Books have been written about how 27 years in jail prepared Nelson Mandela for reconciliation and not revenge. Prison bestowed a similar pragmatism on Manuel. "He used to fight the prison authorities about everything on principle," says biographer Green. "But when he saw some of his fellow inmates were basically children, he realized he had to negotiate with the officials to try to help these boys. It taught him mature leadership. He had his objective, achieving it was what mattered and that meant being practical." Unlike many of his contemporaries, Manuel made an easy transition from revolutionary to democrat. Released...
...clean up the remains of fallen soldiers - one of the most important and gruesome yet least talked-about military assignments. TIME spoke with Lichtenwalner about his experiences and why he and fellow Marine Ryan Sawyer decided to launch a company called Biotrauma Inc. in their native Georgia that performs similar tasks...