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...every business can be special," says J.D. Foster, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington. "When you start identifying federal programs to prop up every conceivable industry that's complaining of economic hard times, you end up with a situation in which everybody is supporting everybody- which means nobody is being supported...
...work that won him a Nobel Prize in Physics. Each hub would have a different energy focus, but scientists from different disciplines could meet and interact, and hopefully speed scientific progress. For the Department of Energy, which generally focuses on nuclear weapons, the hubs would represent a chance to start anew with energy research. "This allows you to begin a process of major experimentation with new paradigms," says Muro...
...Russian military hardware, moving away from the tacit understandings of a Cold War past. "Russia is trying to find a foothold in the region," says Brahma Chellaney, a strategic affairs analyst at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research. "There's no reason why it shouldn't start selling arms to Pakistan to gain some influence." (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...What are the hallmarks of the ideal romantic sound track? (Listen to TIME's sound track above.) You always have to start with the joy. I think in anything, it's the same pattern, whether you're old or young - there's a honeymoon period where everything's amazing and you can't wait to see that person and everything is very urgent and joyous and amazing. But then things start to get complicated and painful. In (500) Days, Tom, the main character, goes through the full cycle - and this is a very realistic love story, in that everything doesn...
...tiny Russian-speaking province backed by Moscow that wants to secede. "At least we have a year," says Ursu, laughing. "Because constitutionally, you cannot hold elections again for another year. So that gives everyone a little time. I'm optimistic, as are most analysts, that this is the start...