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Sanchez said he promptly called to ask for a copy of the handbook in Spanish, only to be told that one did not exist...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Considers Putting Out Admissions Materials in Spanish | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...question to ask your broker these days is not which stock to buy, but how much it will cost to make the trade. Across America discount brokers are slashing commissions in an all-out fight to grab new customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brokers Wage a Price War on Commissions | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...word chatting. That's because, though the site's called ChatRoulette, there's little actual conversation. A typical interaction lasts less than a second before one or both of you races for the "Next" button. When I tried to actually chat with people - mainly to ask what they were looking for on the site - they either stared blankly or skipped ahead. It seems that the only way to get anyone to stop their endless scroll is to either a) be female (in my unscientific test, about 85% of the people on ChatRoulette were male) or b) be ridiculous. The latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ChatRoulette: The Perils of Video Chats with Strangers | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...want to teach [the border community] how to use this to not only express themselves and to find a way to think critically, but to think creatively, to ask questions, and to be good storytellers,” Lu said. “One of the things that give people a life is a sense of voice...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Student Service Projects Awarded $84,250 | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...this point, friendship may be too much to ask for. The country wants to see business getting done civilly and responsibly, not watch punches thrown on a frosty Beltway playground. Obama needs to conduct some sort of face-to-face intervention with amenable senior Republican legislators, to convince them that it is possible to make a deal in one or two important areas without agreeing on every issue or laying down their arms for the next election. He needs to remind his adversaries that the purpose of government, ultimately, is to improve the lives of the American people, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Rebuild Bipartisan Trust? | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

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