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...City of Joy charity for poor children in India. "There are tears in my eyes," said Dominic Lapierre, founder of the charity. "I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Audrey Hepburn: Still the Fairest Lady | 1/20/2007 | See Source »

Imaging studies also make clear that it isn't just dangers or tragic events that cement memory formation. Positive emotions, which are also mediated through the amygdala, have the same effect. Again, that's a perfectly reasonable evolutionary development. If eating or having sex makes you happy, you'll remember that and do it again, keeping yourself healthy and passing on your genes as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Flavor Of Memories | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...while Hyman’s resume may cement his status as one of the most qualified candidates, his shot at the presidency is far from assured...

Author: By Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Provost Considered for Top Post | 12/19/2006 | See Source »

...urban California home. “You could ask me anytime of the day, I always want to drive. I love driving.” But despite her many accomplishments, Urzua hasn’t mastered the rules of the road. “Mirla once drove over the cement dividers in a Denny’s parking lot,” said long-time friend Glenda M. Aldana ’07. “I think they’re meant to stop you. Not Mirla.” It seems like not much can stop Urzua, which...

Author: By Courtney M. Petrouski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mirla Urzua | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...best movie I ever saw!" he said. Thinking back on it, I suspect Johnny loved the movie so much because it celebrated the things he did - asking questions, taking notes, asking more questions, flipping through his notebook, writing, making his typewriter crackle like marbles bouncing across a cement floor, polishing what he wrote, arguing with editors, being a general pain in the ass. The things he did, the things we do - not as brilliantly as the early Woodward and Bernstein, not as well as Johnny in full flight, but just as hungrily, just as passionately. Johnny was a lucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saying Goodbye to Johnny Apple | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

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