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POLITICIAN About halfway between Iceland's capital city of Reykjavík and the small town of Hveragerdi, the smell of sulfur hangs in the air. White plumes of steam billow from deep under the earth into the blue sky, and moss covers the lava-strewn ground. It's a dramatic scene, and if Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson has his way, it will be the stage for the next big advance against global warming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olafur Grimsson | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...Trung describes Pax Thien (a name in two languages, the Latin for "peace" and the Vietnamese for "sky") as a bright and amiable boy,though with a tendency to be laughing one moment and then turning suddenly shy, as he apparently did when he started crying when he met Jolie on the day he was adopted. "It's common for ophans to be shy. When they play in a group or team, he's very active, but shy once separated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tale of Angelina's New Son | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...engines shut off. But the new A380 already had its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900s guzzling the 46,000 lbs. of fuel the 90-minute ride was expected to consume. The nose of the largest commercial airliner in the world turned up as if lifting its face to the sky and we were off the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Off on the Airbus A380 | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Sky-high ticket prices mean artists and promoters cash in even on a relatively small show. "Before, you could see foreign artists for 4,000 [$34] or 5,000 yen [$43]," says Hirano, who books gaijin acts for Creativeman Productions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big in Japan | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...London as a lurid “yellow light from the pub staining the fog the color of phlegm.” Yet she has this darkness intermittently cut through by the explosion of fireworks from Astley’s circus, “burning bright in the night sky.”The explosions can have a terribly destructive effect but they can also bring peals of laughter. There are moments of joy, then, in “Burning Bright,” amidst seemingly interminable sorrow.“I don’t see why there...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rich Tapestry Woven in Blake’s London | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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