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When I talked with Washington students, teachers and principals about the experiment, they appeared to have very low expectations for its long-term impact. Many of them, speaking from experience, seemed to think that nothing as simple as money could reach a certain hard core of kids. "The children we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Adams House alumni include political figures such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, Senator Charles E. Schumer '68, and former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50. Other famous alumni include Andy Borowitz '80, author William S. Burroughs '36, and architect Buckminster Fuller '17.

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Famous Alumni: Your House's Claim to Fame | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

They met cute. In 1967, Smith was a dreamy 20-year-old from a blue collar family. She was obsessed with art, film and books, and her taste in decadent demigods was impeccable, from Charles Baudelaire to William Burroughs. But she was drifting into a prosaic life. The previous year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patti Smith and Mapplethorpe: Bohemian Rhapsody | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

The study was funded by the Packard Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, and Harvard University.

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Use Innovative Method to Follow Genetic Footprint | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

Devil of a State is now out of print, as hard to find as a bottle of whisky is in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital. Barring the small amounts that non-Muslim visitors are allowed to bring in for their own use, alcohol is banned in today's Islamic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthony Burgess's Take on Brunei | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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