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...wounds: "Shrapnel wounds almost always look like someone took a jagged shovel and dug a chunk of flesh out of the body, then filled it in awkwardly with hairless, discolored skin that shouldn't be on a human being. Burn wounds are smoothly hideous, like the skin was turned into peanut butter and then spread in stretched, uneven dollops on the body. Or maybe you come back missing a finger or your face, or the whole or parts of your limbs. Maybe your eyes are gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joker One: A Marine's Bloody Iraq Memoir | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...will come to the summit is that a lack of regulation was the root cause of the financial and credit catastrophe that ruined the international banking system. Leaving aside whether regulation can, in and of itself, make the financial markets less risky, increasing the power of regulatory bodies costs almost nothing in terms of creating new laws and staffing oversight agencies. There should be very little argument on that point. Every nation coming to the G-20 summit can afford to further regulate its banks and financial markets. However, there has been little time allocated for discussion of the costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G-20 Summit: Obama Can Stay Home | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...regulation ends up being a two-sided coin. One wears the face of the process of regulation, which has the attraction of costing almost nothing. The other represents the risk that the fruits of regulation could constrict financial market activity so significantly that it undermines the chances for ending the recession. The other argument that the U.S. will not win at the meeting is its position that the medicine of spending tens of billions of dollars to create jobs, cut taxes, and bailout banks is better than the side-effects of having a staggering national debt, a debt which revenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G-20 Summit: Obama Can Stay Home | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...Throughout it all, just make sure to keep a pleasant, professional tone. In negotiations, a threatening posture almost always backfires, says Ury. Hiring a lawyer or other adviser is a fine idea - but there's no need to mention to your employer that you've done that unless talks take an uncivil turn. Creating a paper trail is always a good idea: after each meeting, summarize what you were told and send an e-mail to the person who told it you, asking for confirmation that you understood all the points correctly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Layoffs Mount, Severance Packages More Negotiable | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...second home run over the left-center field wall, bringing the score to 11-10. With Voiro gone, Tom Grandieri faired no better in the relief role, yielding singles to Douglas and Albright before Reynolds sacrifice bunted. After intentionally walking Roberts to set up the double play, Grandieri almost got his wish before O’Hara’s legs and an errant throw dashed the Quakers’ hopes of a split.Through the offensive explosion, rookie Jonah Klees picked up the win with a strong outing. The freshman logged 3.2 innings of no-hit ball, allowing only...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All-Around Performance Rewarded in Sweep | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

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