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In becoming immersed in this culture, many a Harvard grad becomes concerned primarily with this pursuit of wealth, which is naturally associated with status. If there is such a surefire way to acquire money, and money is connected to power, this path is undeniably attractive. Classmates who pursue tracks in...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Contemplating the Crash | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

For years, six-figure starting salaries have been the exclusive privilege of bankers, doctors, and lawyers. But now, a New York City charter school called The Equity Project promises to bring teachers into the $100,000-plus-club as well. The Equity Project, which is located in the historically disadvantaged...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Real Risk Is Not Taking One | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

Worse, as our ability to develop weapons has progressed, our ability to carry out our murderous plans advanced along with it. "For the same aggressive impulse, we can do a lot more killing," says psychologist John Dovodio of Yale University. The bad news is that wisdom, the human faculty that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race and the Brain | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

A week ago, Congress gave its final assent to a deal that would allow American companies to sell nuclear technology to India, a nation with decades of hostile relations with its unstable nuclear-armed neighbor, Pakistan, and whose decision to test nuclear weapons in 1974 prompted Congress to adopt the...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani | Title: Playing With Fire | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

Israeli military sources say that Barak requested the radar from U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in July, after U.S. requests to station such a system in Turkey and Jordan were rejected. Barak was eager to acquire the advantage of the early warning that the system would provide in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israelis Wary of a US Radar Base in the Negev | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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