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...Kerry gives plenty of ammunition to those who say he considers no hair too fine to split and who charge that he tailors the cut of what he says to meet the tastes of the audience and the moment. Asked on Earth Day whether he owns a gas-gobbling SUV, the champion of higher fuel-efficiency standards first said no, then admitted under questioning that, yes, that was a Suburban parked at his Sun Valley, Idaho, vacation house. Next, he distanced himself from his own driveway: "The family has it. I don't have it." It was a far different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kerry Means To Say... | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...even within Microsoft some say the seven-way split is unwieldy. Robert Scoble is the most widely read of a new wave of Microsoft employees who have been allowed to write freely about the company in online journals, or blogs. His blog, Scobleizer, has repeatedly called for the company to voluntarily do what the Justice Department couldn't compel--split into separate, nimbler companies, a.k.a. Baby Bills. (Gates is vehemently opposed to the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Microsoft A Slowpoke? | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Just looking at a garden can be good for you. In a study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Terry Hartig and colleagues at the University of California at Irvine split 112 stressed-out young adults into two groups. One group spent time in a room with an arboreal view, followed by a walk in a nature preserve. The second group sat in a windowless room and then strolled through an urban setting. The group exposed to greenery had decreased blood pressure and elevated mood, some in just a few minutes. Studies by Texas A&M University's Roger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: Flower Power | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...says. “Anything is possible on the Mainstage. Witches can disappear in a cloud of smoke, a Berlin nightclub can appear where there was darkness before and can disappear as quickly as it came, and a house with working electricity and plumbing can split apart and turn around before your eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Students Recognized by OFA | 5/8/2004 | See Source »

...split time last summer practicing tennis in Florida with Crimson teammate Mark Riddell and taking summer classes in Cambridge...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wetzel Took the Long Road to Cambridge | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

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