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Harvard students are supposedly some of the most gifted in the country. We are the nation's brain-trust, or at least part of it. And yet we are all worried about finding jobs. Why? The economy has never been better. The world is full of problems that need solutions. There are one thousand different directions each of us could go. We are the ones who should be forging new paths into the next century. So why is our greatest aspiration to work for the biggest banks, or to write for "Beavis and Butthead"? Why are we so worried about...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: O, Fair Career | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...time detached from reality. On the path to songs with music and lyrics that actually coexist peacefully and beautifully, "Ocean Man" is about halfway to triumph. Sedate country-flavored guitar licks and thick, echoing vocals lay out an animated melodic atmosphere that may wake up the part of the brain that craves novelty rock. Keeping it asleep may be the better option...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Underwater Rhythms: A Mission Impossible | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

First, a quick review of the Woodward-au pair issue: a number of months ago, an eight-month-old baby boy, Matthew Eappen, died after his brain was compressed by a blood clot. Soon thereafter, Matthew's au pair, Louise Woodward, was charged with second-degree murder for purportedly beating Matthew so severely that his skull fractured, leading to the blood clot that caused his death. Last Thursday, Woodward, who was hired as Matthew's au pair through an international au pair program under the United States Information Agency that pays the au pairs room, board and stipend in America...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: Guilt in Modern Parenting | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

Citing statistics which indicate that "90 percent of the brain and 100 percent of the emotional foundation [are] crated in the first three years," Reiner said that the issues of his campaign go "into the core of the fabric of human society...

Author: By Anne Y. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reiner Campaigns for Educating Youth Early | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

...main module to Soyuz and the four other modules, he felt and heard a sudden, sickening thud. Somewhere on the outside of one of the station's modules, Progress had hit fast and hard. An instant later, a deafening Klaxon went off, a signal that Mir's electronic brain was also aware of the impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

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