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...prepared to take my fair share of the Green Revolution on my shoulders. I am less keen on having it in my face.' PETER MANDELSON, Britain's Business Secretary, after an assailant threw green custard on him to protest the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...singles led to Princeton’s having runners at the corners with no outs. Stack-Babich made a nice running catch on the right field line for the first out of the inning, and the following batter hit the ball back to Reynolds, who knocked it down and threw home to get the runner trying to score from third. Reynolds then got a groundball to second base to end the inning unscathed. Harvard had survived again.The top half of the game’s final frame began with a Tiger ground out to shortstop. The next batter, Tom Boggiano...

Author: By Zachary H. Richner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Marathon nightcap ends on Stack-Babich single | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...North Korea, the successful firing of the Taepodong II likely had two purposes: at a moment when the Obama administration has indicated it is willing to engage with hostile regimes - Iran and Syria specifically - Pyongyang "just threw a big rock at the White House, and said, 'We're here, too,'" says one Western diplomat in Seoul. Internally, the launch comes at a critical moment. Kim Jong Il had a stroke late last summer, and there is intense speculation as to the state of Kim's health and his level of control over his regime. "The launch says to North Koreans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Warnings, North Korea Launches Rocket | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

group, Flyby threw up a little wall-post asking members to tell...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner | Title: Battle of the Class of 2013 Facebook Groups | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...slow for a number of reasons. There has been obstruction from France, Germany and a few other E.U. members who are not keen on a predominantly Muslim country of 70 million joining their club. There has also been political turmoil in Turkey, where the highest court only last year threw out a case on the closure of the ruling AKP. And there is the intractable dispute over the divided island of Cyprus, with the (Greek) Cypriot government consistently using its membership in the E.U. to block Turkey's advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't Europe and Turkey Get Along | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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