The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Global Elite, Alfred A Knopf, Associate Art Director, Buddhist Monk, Cecily Von Ziegesar, Cell Material, Chip Kidd, Click Throughs, Colbert Report, Donkey Kong, Fanatic Number, Global Elite, Gossip Girl Book, Kong Www, Korean Pop, Kyoto University, Landslide Winner, Mario Donkey Kong, Material Sciences, Poll Number, Pop Sensation, Rain Age, Roger Federer, Shigeru Miyamoto, Shinya Yamanaka, Similar Pages, Stephen Colbert, Time Age, Time Specials, Video Game Designer

RAIN
AGE: 25 OCCUPATION: Korean pop sensation — and last year’s landslide winner of this poll NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 2 …
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SHIGERU MIYAMOTO
AGE: 55 OCCUPATION: Video-game designer NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1 PRO: As if creating Mario, Donkey Kong, [...]

Photo Essay: Russia Leaves Eastern Europe Out in the Cold

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Cold, Eastern Europe, gas, Gas Monopoly, gazprom, Jan 7, Leaves, Monopoly, Natural Gas, One Thing, Photo Essay, Russia, Russian Gas, Ukraine

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom was supposed to have restarted the flow of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine Jan. 13. How much is actually getting through is uncertain at this point, but one thing is certain: Eastern Europe has been left in the cold ever since Gazprom ceased gas flows Jan. 7.
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Russia and the West: The Unpopular Prospect of World War III

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, War, Weimar, Extrapolation, NATO, Nuclear War, Political Developments, Population, Public Discourse, Russia, Weimar Republic, World War Iii

A plain extrapolation of recent political developments in Russia leads one to regard outright war with NATO as a still improbable, yet possible scenario. It is not unlikely that Russian public discourse will, during the coming years, continue to move in the same direction in, and with the same speed with, which it has been [...]