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...holdings in Beijing-based PetroChina. The oil firm has been accused of facilitating the ongoing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.But did the ACSR accurately synthesize Bok’s views? In an interview last spring, Bok declined to weigh in. “I never bite the hand the quotes me,” Bok said.WILL HE TURN BACK THE CLOCK?Despite last April’s landmark decision to divest from PetroChina, the University has maintained its investments in other companies linked to Sudan, including Sinopec, an oil firm accused of close ties to the Khartoum...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Will Bok Sell the Stock? | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...must offer a specter discount). It ends happily for our heroine, although these books are not the kind that necessarily conclude with a wedding. It's probably safer that way, given that for vampires, "till death do us part" is the kind of promise that could come back to bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Well, Hello, Suckers | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...Head TF Shawn J. Achor describes an exercise in which students make “a habits grid” in which they “work on something specific they wish they were doing (workout every day, do yoga, practice painting, meet someone new, don’t bite their fingernails, do something altruistic, etc) everyday for 21 days...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Science of Smiling | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

...need to decommission them has expanded: almost four times as much tonnage was scrapped last year as in 1990, and that number is expected to rise another 20-25% between now and 2012. Once regulations demanding the replacement of all single-hull tankers with safer, double-hulled ships fully bite in 2010, as many as 153 of these 200,000-ton monsters will be dispatched to the ship-knackers' yard. Even pleasure boats can present a threat; among craft posing potential disposal hazards, Greenpeace lists the Pacific Princess, otherwise known as TV's Love Boat. In some countries, however, shipbreaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubled Waters | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...complete," he said. He floated the idea of a cessation of hostilities with America if the U.S. withdraws troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. "We do not mind offering a long-term truce based on just conditions that we will stick to," bin Laden said. The White House didn't bite. "We do not negotiate with terrorists," spokesman Scott McClellan said. "We put them out of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Bin Laden Be Caught? | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

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