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As the law is written, using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions directly would be unreasonably difficult, because of carbon dioxide's sheer ubiquity. In 2000, the U.S. emitted less than 18 million tons of the pollutant sulfur dioxide, chiefly from cars, power plants and factories. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The EPA's Move to Regulate Carbon: A Stopgap Solution | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

Too often, writers don't nail down exactly what they mean by genius. Simonton tries, with this thorough, slightly ponderous, definition: Geniuses are those who "have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement" and who then make contributions to that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned? | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

ASSETS In an effort to cleanse banks' balance sheets, the government will spend up to $1 trillion on a Public-Private Investment Fund that will provide private investors with incentives to acquire toxic assets.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

A student-run class wouldn’t automatically be inferior. As self-congratulating as it may seem, this is, after all, Harvard—many of our kids have already distinguished themselves in some field or skill set, often to the point of international recognition. On campus, too, presidents...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: What I Did Next January | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

Secretly or openly, many Harvard students harbor aspirations to be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. This behavior manifests itself in the skyrocketing number of student organizations and enterprises. There are clubs devoted to starting other clubs and businesses devoted to founding other businesses. Overall, despite the shrinking student...

Author: By Shiv M. Gaglani | Title: Entrepreneurs or Extortionists? | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

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