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...attacked a whistleblower who reported safety problems after an explosion at a Georgia mill killed 14 people. He has been an ardent supporter of sending U.S. troops into harm's way even though he avoided serving in Vietnam through student deferments, as well as because of an allegedly bum knee that hasn't hampered his reputation as one of the best golfers in Congress. On a recent appearance on Fox News, he warned that if he isn't re-elected, "you're going to see an economic stimulus like you won't believe." As if that would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Really at Stake in Georgia's Senate Runoff | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...collapse of the Google deal on Nov. 5 had to be the last straw. Yang and the company he co-founded were without an ally, and his bum's rush was all but assured. But was Google ever a real ally? That is, was Yang suckered from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yang's Exit: Did Yahoo!'s Chief Get Played by Google? | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...sending back data about Mars' makeup and watery past. But the Martian elements have left the rovers increasingly arthritic: Opportunity's robotic arm has stiffened to the point that controllers no longer retract it fully, and Spirit has been forced to drive backward as a result of a bum front wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mars: Pop. 6 | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...with a singing voice that stays clear and bright even at its angriest—has written the best lyrics of his career. Most strongly, though, the album feels like the band’s atonement—not only for all of their recent letdowns, but for every bum lyric or misplaced fill they’ve ever written. Such is the relentlessness of Metallica’s self-criticism. At the end of “The Unforgiven III,” Hetfield asks, “How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Metallica | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...course, Baci and writing are mere hobbies for this 41-year-old physician. "Mostly I'm 'head down, bum up,' as they say in New Zealand," he chuckles. "I'm just busy." This hasn't curbed his ambitions, though. During a promotional tour of India for Cool Cut, he noticed "people reading voraciously," and an absence of palatable java. "I couldn't get a decent coffee the whole time I was there," Paul says. "I thought, We need to go there." Within a few years, he hopes to expand Baci into big Indian cities and channel a portion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Open Heart Surgeon | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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