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...separate experiments, researchers were able to influence participants' behavior by exposing them to "cleanliness" in the form of a common cleaning agent's odor - in this case, citrus-scented Windex. It turned out that people who sat in a room spritzed with Windex were more likely to act fairly and charitably than those sniffing unscented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do 'Clean' Smells Encourage Clean Behavior? | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...career now and that’s what HRDC alums will do in one, two, three years from now,” Stone says. The audience seemed to find the panelists approachable, asking them questions about their thoughts on what city to move to after graduating and whether an agent is necessary. Alternating between questions from moderator Marcus Stern, associate director of the American Repertory Theater, and those from the audience, the panelists offered general advice on whether or not to attend graduate school and specific guidance on what schools were best for certain disciplines...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HRDC Panel Supplies Advice to Theater Hopefuls | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...mediator, Feinberg helped resolve a string of high-profile cases, including some of the nation's biggest asbestos-damages suits, a $2.5 billion settlement for women suing over a defective contraceptive device, and a class action by 250,000 Vietnam veterans and their families against the manufacturers of Agent Orange. Though the Agent Orange case had been dragging on for more than eight years, Feinberg after just six weeks on the job was able to reach a $180 million settlement between the toxic defoliant's manufacturers and its victims. Some critics noted, however, that although veterans sometimes waited years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Compensation Czar Kenneth Feinberg | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...very, very exciting, challenging, to help people resolve the cases instead of fighting all the time." - Describing his mediation work on cases like the Agent Orange class action (Boston Globe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Compensation Czar Kenneth Feinberg | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...pseudoephedrine restrictions turned out to be a boon for a Mexican drug cartel that was just then coming to prominence. La Familia Michoacana, named for its base in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, not only revived the meth market, "they elevated it," says Rodney Benson, special agent in charge in Atlanta for the Drug Enforcement Administration. This week the DEA led a campaign that saw the arrests of more than 300 alleged meth traffickers in the U.S., all allegedly tied to La Familia. It is considered the largest roundup ever of Mexican cartel operatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Major Blow to Mexico's Masters of Meth | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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