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...territory's military authorities, 'I will state to you that we killed in this Scout 22 Bucks 5 women & 3 children. We would have killed more women but [did not]owing to having attacked in the day time when the women were at work gathering Mescal. It sir is next to impossible to prevent killing squaws in jumping a rancheria even were we disposed to save them. For my part I am frank to say that I fight on the broad platform of extermination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Massacre Explained | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

...seemingly smooth divorce bucks the trend of exorbitant payouts between wealthy couples. Eight months ago, in a particularly acrimonious split, Sir Paul McCartney was ordered by a judge to pay Heather Mills more than $45 million. And yesterday, former Armani model Slavica Ecclestone confirmed she will divorce her husband Bernie Ecclestone, the former chief of Formula One racing, whose fortune is estimated at $3.6 billion. Lawyers are already predicting that Slavica could walk away with half of her husband's fortune, making it the highest settlement to a spouse in legal history. It's unknown whether they signed a prenuptial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madonna and Guy Ritchie: It's Really Over | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...high together.” This all sounds well and good. But when sung by Paul McCartney and backed by church bells and violins, it’s effectively the most saccharine thing since Candy Land. 3. Think your essay lacks coherence? Don’t worry. Sir Paul and Youth one-upped you there too. “Electric Arguments” is a manic hodge-podge of songs. The noise heavy, Black Keys-esque opening track, “Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight,” suddenly jumps to the much folksier...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Fireman | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

Like many of the records it charts, the Guinness book was the product of a can-do spirit and the need to validate one's pride. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a hunting trip with friends in Ireland. Though he considered himself an excellent shot, Beaver was unable to bag any golden plovers. Wounded, Beaver suggested the bird might be the fastest in Europe. Upon returning from the trip, neither he nor his friends were able to locate a reference book that provided the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guinness World Records | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...sound like a theme park, but the founders worked closely with education experts, including British creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson and UCLA's Daniel Siegel, to create the curriculum. Questions like HOW DO 4-YEAR-OLDS UNDERSTAND THE COLOR RED? are written on pieces of paper stuck to the classroom walls. Learning is to be provoked, not imposed. Teachers talk approvingly of "fun provocation going on in the 3s." Simko describes her job as leading students into a series of questions that will guide the curriculum. "It doesn't suit everybody," she says of the methodology, "but every school should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Blue Man Group's School, Kids Rule | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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