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...obsession and the chance to rise from the bottom of the slag heap to the top of the Taj Mahal--and because it whirls through its rags-to-riches tale with a speed and energy that would put a Hollywood action film to shame. For these qualities, you can thank Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the script from Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A, and director Danny Boyle. Eleven years ago, Beaufoy was Oscar-nominated for another screenplay about underdogs going public, The Full Monty. Boyle has often dealt with the plight of the working-class young, notably in Trainspotting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Slumdog to Top Dog | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...Crisis (illustrated with missile-shaped dots and arrows) is pretty cool because, well, it involves missiles. Apparently, the U.S. military developed a decentralized computer network so there wouldn't be a main hub for Russians to take down with a bomb. I never knew that before; now I can thank communism for creating the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Internet | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...envelope Neely split open had “Alan” scrawled on the flap and contained a blank thank-you note, Neely said...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof. Receives White Powder | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...Seeing the Fluorescent Light Thank you, TIME, for giving us solid reasons to be hopeful on the crucial energy issue [Jan. 12]. With incentives for energy efficiency, the economy would hum with millions of local projects requiring little or no government planning. Moreover, by choosing a relatively low-tech policy that the world could readily copy, we would at last become leaders in climate protection - and in rejecting the needless and dangerous expansion of nuclear power. Egan O'Connor, San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...Seeing the Fluorescent Light Thank you, TIME, for giving us solid reasons to be hopeful on the crucial energy issue [Jan. 12]. With incentives for energy efficiency, the economy would hum with millions of local projects requiring little or no government planning. Moreover, by choosing a relatively low-tech policy that the world could readily copy, we would at last become leaders in climate protection - and in rejecting the needless and dangerous expansion of nuclear power. Egan O'Connor, San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

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