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The answer would be a yes to both, but she might have added "charmed" to the equation. With her often outrageous sense of humor, self-deprecation and class throughout the long awards season, it has been easy to root for Bullock in her role as the outspoken matriarch Leigh Anne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sandra Bullock's Wild Ride, and (Once) Improbable Oscar Coronation | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

For the past two decades, China's rapid economic growth has been twinned with an even more rapid increase in military spending. While GDP has expanded by an annual average of 9.6% over the past 10 years, the reported budget for the People's Liberation Army has grown by an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is China Slowing its Military Spending? | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

Creating artificial rogue waves in a laboratory has always been a challenge. But in 2009, scientists from Harvard University and Tulane University examined patterns of microwaves, rather than water waves, to get a better sense of how rogues might arise. They created a metal platform in a lab measuring 26...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do 'Rogue Waves' Work? | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

It was an unexpected pairing. Burton's music tends toward the funky side - a bit of hip-hop here, a few tape loops there - whereas the Shins are the melodic band skinny kids in Converse sneakers name-drop if they want to sound sensitive. "People tend to be split on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ring Tones | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

“We kept on coming up with new and unexpected areas where we can apply these things,” Weitz said.

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Lab Device Improves Experiment Speed | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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