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...pretty clear these kids are looking for historically inconsequential trinkets. Perhaps I could understand if Anthro 1130 was providing students with a rigorous training in archeological methodology. But one look at the CUE guide reveals the course to be what is usually termed a “blow-off” elective class. Fewer than a quarter of the students were taking the course as part of their concentration requirements and the rest might have been attracted by its far-below-average workload and difficulty ratings...

Author: By Daniel Gonzalez | Title: Give Us Back Our Land! | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...world, they approach their work in a high-wire way. Firstborn ceos, for example, do best when they're making incremental improvements in their companies: shedding underperforming products, maximizing profits from existing lines and generally making sure the trains run on time. Later-born ceos are more inclined to blow up the trains and lay new track. "Later-borns are better at transformational change," says Dattner. "They pursue riskier, more innovative, more creative approaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Birth Order | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...learned I was gay,” said Samuel L. T. Walsh ’09. The games culminated in the ever-popular balloon stomp, combining participants’ athletic prowess and innovative defensive stratagems. “Those balloons are too small! I demand a re-blow!” said Chris L. Rucker ’07-’08. Quincy ended up winning this last event, but Adams House was victorious overall. But don’t worry: the Gaymes return next year with another chance to take home that long, smooth, shiny trophy...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fun and Gaymes | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...natural forward [when he first arrived at Harvard], and he is always a threat, so it was good to get that goal from him.”Unfortunately, Brown saved enough in its tank for an overtime goal against the run of play to deal a crushing blow to the Crimson faithful. Senior goalkeeper Adam Hahn, who once again turned in a stellar performance despite the final scoreline, couldn’t deal with the Bears unorthodox throw-in routine. “He has been playing very well all season, and this game, he kept...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bears Edge Crimson in Battle of Ivy Best | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

...Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer assigned to the Middle East, is TIME.com's intelligence columnist and the author of See No Evil and, most recently, the novel Blow the House Down

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bombing Bookends to 9/11 | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

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