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...brakes on what he calls Bush's imperialist Goliath--not just in Venezuela, which has the hemisphere's largest oil reserves, but in Latin America and the world. In his eight years as President, Chávez has gone from a backwater strongman to a genuine global player, capitalizing on sky-high oil prices to spread his influence across Latin America and to win attention when he denounces the Bush Administration. That has made Caracas a hot destination for leftist tourists, bolstered Chávez's celebrity cachet--he counts Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte as friends--and made him the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Chavez Crazy Like a Fox? | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...mean, they're tough, they got cool uniforms, and chicks dig 'em." That image barely survived through Sarra's basic training--brainwashing, he and other young men now call it. As for combat, he found it less like a Top Gun video game, shooting MiGs out of the sky, and more like Grand Theft Auto, bombing civilians crossing a Baghdad street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Coming Home Isn't Easy | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...strengthen their hand against rivals. Analysts generally believe that Iran could in a short time orchestrate a dramatic increase in the number and severity of attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. As Syed Ayad, a secular Shi'ite cleric and Iraqi Member of Parliament says, "America owns the sky of Iraq with their Apaches, but Iran owns the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plan for War Against Iran | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...want a version of Psych and Ec with less Ec and more paper writing, check out Sendhil Mullainathan’s Ec1035, “Policy Applications of Psychology and Economics.†Mullainathan is also very prominent in the world of behavioral economics and has received sky-high CUE ratings for his teaching abilities. Course veterans have called the course an “easy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Economics 1030, "Economics and Psychology" | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...sky blue? How does time work? Are there invisible worlds?Are you dying to impress kindergarteners? Then Science A is for you!Even if you don’t know MC-squared from MC Hammer, logging a semester in the Science Center is inevitable. But if you choose your science dose carefully, you will learn answers to those most basic and burning questions about the universe—and get a decent grade, even if you are a science-phobe.You will have to do a modicum of work—otherwise, you’ll find yourself melting down faster than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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