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Omega Minor was born of curiosity about a past that Verhaeghen, 42, never knew. "I was doing a postdoc at Potsdam in 1995," he recalls, moments before leaving his Atlanta home for a psychology conference in California. "I took the train to Berlin and emerged at Mitte, the center of old East Berlin. I found myself alone on this huge square, except for a strange glow coming from a glass plate in the pavement. There was a small white underground chamber lined with empty bookshelves. On it was that famous [Heinrich] Heine quote, 'Where they burn books, they will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Fusion: Omega Minor | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...make it once, you automatically get to go to the meet,” Clarke said of the qualification. “It makes it so that now I can just train and focus on the end of the season instead of being nervous about trying to make the meet...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Swimming Shows Well Against Tough Foes | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

Some investors might look at the current currency climate as a prime time to hop onboard the Forex train. But the reasons for caution are many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Bet Against the Dollar? | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...problem is, thought Anna—her aristocratic brow furrowing slightly under a fabulous new hat—men look so irresistible in uniform! Ditto boots, billowing shirts and moustaches! Hang marriage. Hang motherhood. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a train to catch.” An entire classic in only 42 words! But why stop there? One could follow in the path of Foxtrot’s Peter, who uses the “Cliff’s CliffsNotes” for Hamlet. They read simply: “Danish prince...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Short Cuts | 12/2/2007 | See Source »

Even some of Chávez's allies want to put the brakes on the President's radical train. Many reform proposals, they argue, are less about empowering the people than about concentrating power in the hands of Chávez. Among the initiatives: eliminating presidential term limits; putting the now autonomous Central Bank under the President's control; and the creation of regional vice presidents. Provincial leaders like Ramn Martnez, Governor of eastern Sucre state and himself a socialist, consider the latter idea a lavish centralization of federal authority, as well as a betrayal of Ch?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Challenging Chavez in the Streets | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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