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...those divisions have healed and Labour looks unbeatable. That has fueled speculation that Brown might call a snap election as early as next month. Insiders say a decision has not yet been made and point out that an election isn't due until 2010. But there's a clear temptation to secure a new five-year term before global financial turmoil can do too much damage to Britain's economy, and while Conservatives and Liberal Democrats flounder. Brown has wrong-footed his opponents who expected him to move Labour to the left. Instead he has co-opted advisers from across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting Fit: Labour Party Conference | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...made the Hubble such a good idea. And it's why a recent announcement by Cambridge University and Caltech made scientists take notice. By wedding an innovative electronic light detector to the Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar in California--until 1990, the world's largest--astronomers were able to snap at least one space photo that was literally twice as sharp as a comparable Hubble image and, they bragged, 50,000 times cheaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Souped-Up Telescope | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...conference contest under the lights at Jordan Field. The Crimson (5-3, 2-0 Ivy) fell, 3-1, to the Friars (7-3, 1-0 Big East), who claimed their third straight win in team head-to-head history. With the win, Providence also managed to snap Harvard’s four-game home winning streak. The Friars came in fighting and wasted no time scoring as freshman Julie Ruggieri knocked in a loose ball to the lower left of the net just over a minute into the game. “The first five minutes of a game...

Author: By Kara T. Kelley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Friars Best Crimson, End Home Streak | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...apparently the result of a computer glitch. After a 3?sec. flight to an altitude of 6 ft. (about 2 m), according to the V-22's flight computer, or 25 ft. (about 8 m), according to eyewitnesses, it dropped to the ground with enough force to snap off its right wing and cause more than $1 million in damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V-22 Osprey: A Flying Shame | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...Don’t try to change the subject. Do you support her being Harvard’s new president? 2011: “i’m sure that will be all of our first choice if all else fails ;)” 14. FM: Snap! Well, what do you think about FM? 2011: “Makes me believe in all that is good about mankind.” 15. FM: You’re making me blush. Last question—what did you think of the First Chance Dance? 2011: “and to think...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with the Class of 2011 | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

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