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...agenda with a monomaniacal grandeur, on the order of Speed Racer and Synecdoche, New York. (Loyal readers will understand that I mean this as a compliment.) Both admirable for and cramped by its fidelity to the Moore vision, this ambitious picture is a thing of bits and pieces. Yes, the bits are glorious, the pieces magnificent. Still, this Watchmen is more like a swatch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen Review: (A Few) Moments of Greatness | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...have nothing to do with one's college major. "Only about 30% of the alumni who get back in touch with me end up in careers directly related to their college studies," she says. "Most discover they're actually more interested in other things." Is that 70% majority happy? "Yes, because they're following their passion," Brooks says. "The saddest thing to me is seeing someone take a job just because it pays well, and then spend all that money on toys to cheer them up for being miserable in their job. People who are doing what they love hardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding a Dream Job: A Little Chaos Theory Helps | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...record straight, it was the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" that gave birth to the hominid's name, correct? Yes, the whole camp was listening to Beatles' tape because I was a great Beatles fan, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was playing and this girl said, well if you think the fossil was a female, why don't you name her Lucy? Initially I was opposed to giving her a cute little name, but that name stuck. (See pictures of the Beatles' final performance together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: 'Lucy' Discoverer Donald C. Johanson | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...would seniors go in this economic recession to ensure a job after graduation? Would any of them, say, risk a jump into the freezing Charles River? For one Kirkland House senior, the answer is an emphatic yes. Radford “Rad” Murphy ’09 sported nothing but swim trunks in his minute-long video entry for Tourism Queensland’s “The Best Job in the World” competition. Video entries are rated by the public on the job’s Web site, and the winner earns the crown title...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: From Cambridge to Queensland: One Harvardian’s Quest for “The Best Job” | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...omen for bipartisanship in the bigger endeavors ahead, Baucus said that Grassley has assured him that Republicans are anxious to work with Democrats on health-care reform. "The real effort is to keep this bipartisan," Baucus added. "The assumption here is to find a way to get to yes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senate Democrats Optimistic on Health Reform | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

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