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...fairly simple geopolitical rule: small, poor countries can't afford to be global pariahs. The U.S. finally got Honduras to absorb that fact this week, and the result late Thursday night was a long awaited accord between coup-ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Deal Finally Ends Honduras' Coup Crisis | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...Thanks to a love affair with French fries and cheeseburgers - not fish and vegetables - most Westerners' diets don't contain enough omega-3s. On top of that, we eat too many processed foods, which contain another fatty acid that hinders the body's ability to absorb omega-3s. This is one reason why food manufacturers have started putting more omega-3s into foods like margarine, mayonnaise and eggs in recent years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Omega-3 Battle: Which Margarine Is Healthier? | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...readers (if they can even be called that anymore) becoming more analytical as a result of the many recent developments in reading technology. If anything, these products seem merely to make us read faster, less carefully, and in such a way that we can no longer absorb anything not presented in an easily digestible form such as video clips or embedded MP3 files. After all, is a vook something we “read” or something we “experience”? In my mind, the distinction is an important...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: A Look at the Vook | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

Cross provides information on how to absorb financial hits, how to fundraise, and how to run programs more efficiently...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Budget Cuts Not A Major Obstacle | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

Under the five-year agreement, signed on October 2, the CUT will absorb the Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health, which was founded in an earlier agreement between Harvard and Cyprus when the partnership between the two began...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard School of Public Health Partners with Cyprus Government | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

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