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...joysticks fused together and studded with buttons, two triggers and a four-way toggle switch called a d-pad. In a game like Halo, players have to manipulate both joysticks simultaneously while working both triggers and pounding half a dozen buttons at the same time. The learning curve is steep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game For All Ages | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

Prefer to steep tea in your cup, not a pot? A new line of heat-resistant silicone infusers lets you brew loose tea in ordinary mugs. These rubber spoons can also stir in honey or sugar and come apart for cleaning. Made by Zanif and sold at sarut.com for $10 each, they come in five colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Beyond Lipton | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...alone, ground was broken for construction of over 340,000 new and restored housing units. The Minister has also launched new employment-training and job-creation programs tailored to young people that aim to create at least 1.3 million jobs: unemployment among those 25 and under is a steep 23% nationwide, and rises as high as 50% in some suburbs. Borloo's push for social improvements has won breathing space with the French public for his other - potentially more controversial - reforms. Despite initial grumbling from unions, he introduced closer monitoring of dole recipients to identify possible cheats, and rationalized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Massive Project | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...alumni contributions, according to Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise.Currently, the football team plays five or six home games on the stadium turf each fall, in addition to a number of practices and exhibition games in spring and summer. Though DHA-clad students are often seen jogging on the steep cement bleachers, the stadium is unused for much of the year.The renovations, says Department of Athletics spokesman Chuck Sullivan, are “basically designed to make the stadium more useful than just five days a year.”The new turf, lights, and bubble—which would...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Extreme Makeover: Harvard Stadium | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...Joseph Wan, Group Chief Executive for Harvey Nichols, the London-based retailer, says India's recent economic growth and indications that New Delhi is prepared to liberalize its markets are encouraging, but adds that prime real estate in Indian cities is too expensive and that tariffs are prohibitively steep. "Harvey Nichols caters to the top 3% of the population, and that 3% are very well-traveled," says Wan. "If my Dolce & Gabbana in India has to be more expensive because of import duties, how can I do any business? You just can't." For now, other emerging markets strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Lust for Luxe | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

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