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Some of the pros, anyway, are licking their chops at the prospect of facing Begleiter. "He'll call big raises and reraises with hands that no pro would play," says pro Phil Hellmuth, who is coaching Shulman. He calls Begleiter "a loose cannon" who could lose all of his chips to Shulman in a single hand. "At some point he's going to make a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will a Wall Streeter Win Big at the World Series of Poker? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...anything, we are more visible, which does not compute with the fact our score has gone down,” she added, noting that personnel are on call 24 hours a day for sexual assault during the academic year and that peer education programming is available...

Author: By Nadia L. Farjood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Slides Down Sex Rankings | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...again before we seal the deal. This open time window encourages sexual activity—with or without commitment. “Gossip Girl” features high-school students losing both their virginity and dignity, Cosmopolitan flouts sex tips, movies mock men who wait for marriage, and intellectuals call casual sex empowering. It’s difficult to describe the plot of a contemporary TV show without relating who slept with whom. If cultures speak, then our culture screams: “It’s normal...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...that light, the main legitimacy problem with the August vote was not the 1 million-plus fake votes that were cast mostly for Karzai but the 12 million-plus votes claimed by the Taliban. No one actually voted for the Taliban, of course, and its call for a boycott of the poll was enforced by threat of death. But whether out of fear, political choice or sheer indifference, 12 million voters - representing 70% of the electorate, compared with just 30% in 2004 - stayed away from the ballot stations. A runoff election was expected to see an even smaller turnout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why an Election Was Never the Answer in Afghanistan | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

After Slumdog Millionaire's triumph at the Oscars, the children were catapulted into stardom. Azhar tells TIME with pride, "the children in my school call me a hero." Lade, who monitors the children's progress at school through regular updates from the teachers, corroborates that the other children are awed by their status. She says the combination of sudden fame without balancing guidance at home has made the child stars lose touch with reality. "This is a matter of grave concern," says Noshir Dadrawala, one of the trustees. "Both the children have attendance below 40%. They are traveling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Fame Spoiled the Slumdog Millionaire Kids? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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