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Many people in France talk of the "Asterix syndrome" and the "village gaulois" (Gallic village), the idea that tiny, embattled France needs to defend itself against the encroaching cultural influences of the U.S., or the English language, or both. Usually used pejoratively, the terms indicate an inward, backward-looking way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

The extent of Google’s influence on everyday Harvard college life does not surprise some students.

Author: By Linda Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Logan To Offer Free WiFi Over Holidays | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

That grade was based on figures from 2007, which show that 12.7% of U.S. births were preterm. Those figures, which have remained constant in recent years, also earned the U.S. a D last year, when the March of Dimes began compiling its report card. The objective, set by federal health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

The Castiglionis reckoned that Cambyses' army must have taken a different route from Thebes into the desert than the one explored by earlier generations of archaeologists. Geological surveys they conducted over a new stretch of terrain further afield from the old caravan track revealed dried-up wells and pieces of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vanished Army: Solving an Ancient Egyptian Mystery | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

You write about aviation in more detail than almost anyone in the country. Did anything about this event really surprise you as you conducted your research? I was deeply impressed by the Airbus 320 and its flight-control system. What Bernard Ziegler did is still surprising to me. [Ziegler, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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