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There's pretty good evidence that what you need to do is to build up an emotional pathway of empathy in the brain. You can do that through a story. Once that pathway is cleared, then it will put up with a certain amount of statistics and data and information. That's why I try to find just the most compelling story I can and write it in a way that if someone will only read just the first half-sentence, they'll keep going. If they begin to feel some compassion, then one can lay out the larger picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...think there’s a certain half-life to administrator restructures that assumes they should be looked at on a regular basis,” Kirby said. “[The OIP] made an enormous difference in a very, very short period of time...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: OIP, OCS Merger Reflects Changing Attitudes on Study Abroad | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Clearly, the presence of multiple athletic teams in certain River dining halls has contributed to the perceived need for restrictions. Although we recognize the importance of a shared team meal, problems (including overcrowding and insufficient quantities of food) arise when more than one team arrives in the same place at the same time. To address this issue, we encourage teams to each select a “home” d-hall and coordinate with one another to ensure that these do not overlap. If captains continue to ignore the impact their teams’ presence makes on seating...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...lying in a roadside ditch. He devoured it, decided that "to be a poet was freedom itself" and went on to become his nation's preeminent living bard, a singer of democracy and reunification with North Korea. Whether or not you believe his tales of reincarnation, what is certain is that Ko is a master chronicler of the Korean landscape. He explores his country like no other, and his collected poems beat any Lonely Planet guide in their survey of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sense of Place: The Korean Peninsula | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...have a very strong team,” Bajwa said. “Sometimes...certain players have a tough day and they come up a little short, but we have such a strong team that we can always count on a player to step...

Author: By Molly E. Kelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Top of the Heap | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

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