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...surprise to George Clooney or his TIME-reading fans. In this week's magazine, the star correctly predicted the winners in the major categories and said, "If [Michael Clayton] has a shot at anything, it's best supporting actress with Tilda Swinton." Does this guy get anything wrong...
...plane," Branson told reporters. "Two years ago, people said it was absolutely impossible." Among the fears: that biofuel would freeze before a plane reached cruising altitude, or that it would require massive and costly changes to the aircraft or fueling systems to work at all. Those prognosticators were proved wrong. The fuel Virgin used Sunday required no equipment modifications at all; the plane flew to 25,000 feet (7,600 m) without incident; and the environmental benefits seem clear, at least once the fuel is loaded onto the plane. Internal company testing suggests the biofuel, when burned, releases just half...
...What’s wrong is to see politics, as many do, as the alpha and omega of our lives. While some have called our generation apathetic or disengaged, we on the inside are perhaps more susceptible to political mania than any before us—particularly at Harvard. Here, for every burnt out non-voter, there’s two or three more that will start stumping for their favorite horse at the drop of a hat. These people have become so immersed in the argument against one political camp or ideology that they’ve entirely forgotten...
...They say only nice things [about me], so at this point, whoever it is, I hope I don’t say the wrong thing around them,” said Derek M. Flanzraich ’10, a former member of the site’s “most wanted” list for being a “sex symbol.” “I think that anyone who takes it seriously is kidding themselves...
...even the Islamic morality that guides her practice is enough for some critics, however. In newspapers and on TV talk shows, conservative Islamic scholars have accused her of encouraging young people to experiment with sex. "This is unrealistic," she counters, "because the youth experiment anyway, but based on wrong information and misconceptions." And that brings suffering to their family and society. "I don't mind being criticized, but I wish someone would criticize me to my face," she stresses. "I am very proud of what I am doing. I am not ashamed...