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...Earplugs: For when your roommate snores through multiple alarm clocks as tour guides holler and the Memorial Church bells thunder...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese and Amy Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Must-Haves for Life in College | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...Hayden's description added to the confusion about how far the program had gone before Panetta cancelled it. Republican members of Congress briefed by Panetta have suggested it was scarcely more than a PowerPoint presentation; others have speculated the director would not have raised the alarm if it had not been operational. CIA spokesman George Little told TIME that the program "was, in fact, much more than a PowerPoint presentation." But that doesn't automatically mean it was fully operational, either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Officials Defend CIA's Use of Contractors | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...risk of seeming old-fashioned, I would like to express alarm at the trend toward the "death of handwriting" [Aug. 3]. As a mother who is teaching her daughter to write, I can say it is hard work, and much discipline is involved. I think this is a statement on our increasing lack of discipline as a society. What's to become of us? Julie Sumner, LANESBOROUGH, MASS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...July, Lindsey Burke at the right wing Heritage Foundation drew attention to the home visitation initiative, calling it a "troublesome provision...that would bring state workers into the homes of young families." Action hero and conservative activist Chuck Norris picked it up from there, penning a column sounding an alarm about "Obamacare's home intrusion and indoctrination family services, in which state agents prioritize houses to enter and enforce their universal values and principles upon the hearts and minds of families across America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Home Nurse Visits Survive Health-Care Reform? | 8/15/2009 | See Source »

...relays the ship's position to authorities, was either switched off or broken. According to CNN, three days later, Swedish police phoned the ship and spoke to someone they believed to be the captain. When the ship failed to make its scheduled arrival in Algeria on Aug. 4, the alarm was raised. (Read "Girding for the Pirates' Revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Piracy Spread to Europe's Waters? | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

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