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...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...

Author: By Donald Carswell | Title: Beating the System | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...thing, she saved him from execution by her father. Some historians doubt that--Smith is the only historical source for the tale--but the story has never been credibly disputed. What is less well known is that she saved the Englishman a second time, risking her life to sneak through a darkened forest alone to warn Smith of imminent ambush, and that she continued to find ways to help the Jamestown settlers. When a winter fire ravaged their colony in 1608, Pocahontas paid a series of calls, accompanied by braves bearing beaver meat, venison and other delicacies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad About You | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...Passage through Eastern Europe is secured by Ukrainian and Vietnamese gangsters. "These routes used to be for drugs and weapons," says the snakehead, who does not accompany his clients on their journey. "Now they're for Chinese people, too." On average, the snakehead can sneak three people through the Czech Republic a month, but he says a network of traffickers from Sanming brings in a total of 1,400 Fujianese a year, in addition to 600 others from Zhejiang, another coastal Chinese province. "It's a good business, more lucrative than textiles," he says. "But if the people get caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams of Leaving | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...SNEAK PEEK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheat Sheet | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...SNEAK PEEK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Downtime: Apr. 9, 2007 | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

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