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...explains that she has a Social Analysis 10, “Introduction to Economics,” midterm the next day, and he offers her a one-minute version of his much-practiced talk. As he speaks, Petersen leans against the door frame, one leg crossed over the other, casual, confident, yet unimposing...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas and Van Le, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Petersen Pushes for Student Advocacy | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...Roman truism says that every new Pope changes the papacy, and the papacy changes every new Pope. In the case of Benedict XVI, a casual observer might wonder if the man who once was an iron-clad Cardinal has recently gone soft. Back in September, Benedict broke fresh ground for his ancient office by delivering an intellectually charged - and baldly controversial - lecture on faith, reason and violence. It was the young papacy's quintessential Ratzinger moment, as the 79-year-old professor-turned-pope returned to his old university in Regensburg to draw a theological line in the sand that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Benedict Flip-Flopping? | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...Beatles” is quite an achievement. Even the most hardcore Beatles fan will be able to discover some new minutiae about the band. For the casual Beatles fan, the book may prove too detailed, but those willing to endure the many esoteric bits will be treated with incredibly tantalizing tales about the most iconic band in rock and roll history...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Beatles | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

...blog, The Magenta, admitted that The Crimson’s editorial on Asian American admissions used the term “loosely” to denote people of East Asian descent, completely disregarding entire subpopulations of the term “Asian American.” Sadly, this casual use is far from uncommon but does a serious disservice to populations such as underrepresented Southeast Asian Americans, who were found in a study by New York University to have one of the highest high school dropout rates...

Author: By Deborah Y. Ho and Shayak Sarkar | Title: Convenient Elitism | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

McCormack, now a novelist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles, can greet people in 65 different languages, but knowledge of foreign languages is not necessary to the casual observer of the holiday...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Say 'Hi,' It's a Hello Holiday | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

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