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...fact, Google has teamed up with the world's top astronomers to create "Google Sky," a new feature that allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection "to browse and explore the universe" through the Hubble Space Telescope; Googlers will even be able to see the universe at x-ray or infrared wavelengths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: April Fooled by Google and Virgin? | 4/1/2008 | See Source »

...Critics claim that Ford's biggest mistake was introducing a low-cost X series that buyers shunned for essentially being too Ford-like. "They tried to make Jaguar a full-line BMW on the cheap," Nagley says, but the public wasn't interested in "pale imitations with appalling style." At Land Rover, however, it got the product mix right and sales increased - they jumped 18% last year to 226,400. So why is Ford also unloading Land Rover? "I think they're desperate for cash. It's not a good thing when a company sells off a profitable unit," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ford and Tata Finalize $2.3B Deal | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...which might explain why some outsiders found it cultish and strange. The congregation meets in a theater-in-the round, designed after secular buildings like the Parthenon and the U.S. Congress. Stained-glass windows flanking the entrance feature images of African-American leaders, not saints: W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. There is also a glass sculpture of a man resembling Obama. Above it, light streams through block-lettered words: "VOTE. We need YOU." For now at least, Trinity may offer the only refuge for South Siders longing to experience the blessing of democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Visit to Obama's Chicago Church | 3/22/2008 | See Source »

...giving gifts across school boundaries. After an employee in the development office who oversaw these gifts retired, he was never replaced, and Rogers, who took office last fall, decided to expand that role by creating an entire team. Roger P. Cheever ‘67, Charles Collier, Joseph F. X. Donovan ‘72, and Shirley A. Peppers will report directly to Rogers in order to “have capacity to work with large donors who may have more than one interest or whose interests that span across school boundaries,” Rogers said. During his term...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tubs Tied Together in Refocused Fundraising Plan | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...only aspect of the Crimson’s game that hasn’t yet made leaps and bounds is the faceoff. But how can you expect junior Nick Smith to fill Flood’s shoes with nearly no experience at the X...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MAD ABOUT YOU: Crimson Starts Season Strong | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

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