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...When Bob Grinstead landed in Bangkok in March with his wife and daughter, he might have been mistaken for a typical tourist. But the 70-year-old retired computer salesman from Atlanta wasn't in any shape for sightseeing. Since suffering a massive heart attack in 1990, he'd undergone two bypass surgeries and two dozen angioplasties. By last year, any physical effort brought on chest pains?even taking a shower left him exhausted. After his doctors told him there was nothing more they could do, Grinstead turned to the Internet for ideas. Countless searches and phone calls later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take Heart | 11/12/2005 | See Source »

...allocation from the Undergraduate Council (UC). This sum is one half to one third of artist fees and total production costs can easily exceed six figures. Also, to pull back the veil of secrecy, here’s a picture of how much artists charge: Wyclef asks $45,000; Bob Dylan, $105,000; The Killers, $150,000-plus; Kanye West, $150,000-plus. To get bigger names, we would need to charge higher ticket prices ($30 or more), and in the past, we have had reason to believe that students would not be willing to pay this much money.Subsidies provided...

Author: By Samantha H. Fink, Tyler O’brien, and Zak Tanjeloff, S | Title: The HCC in Wyclef’s Wake | 11/10/2005 | See Source »

...government policymakers, the potential of markets to support decision making is "humongous," says Bob Hahn, director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. Will cutting taxes raise the GDP? Congress can debate it. But if you establish a market for the question, the answer will likely be superior to whatever one Congress arrives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Place Your Bets! | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...They just let me rot." BOB DOUGHERTY, Home Depot patron in Boulder, Colorado, on suing the company after store employees waited 15 minutes to respond to his cries for help?which they believed to be a hoax?in getting unstuck from a restroom toilet seat someone had smeared with glue

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...it’s likely that the Tigers will win out as well. It shouldn’t be surprising that the Ivy title picture is shaking out so differently than it has in the past half-decade. Both Harvard coach Tim Murphy and his Columbia counterpart Bob Shoop said they had expected more parity this season. But the annual Penn-Harvard battle has gathered so much steam over the years that it’s hard to accept that this time, it’s merely a footrace for second. Maybe it’s because the beginning...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHOA, KENNELLY: For Once, Penn Game Doesn't Decide All | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

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