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...political parties and government officials are not familiar with this new situation, so it takes time to settle things," says Jun Iio, a professor of government at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. But how long does Japan have? While some might chalk up the gridlock to the nascent stages of an emerging two-party democracy, others blame both the LDP and the DPJ for a lack of concern over issues that have both domestic and global ramifications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Row Ends Over Japan's Central Bank | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...defender Brian Mahler, the No. 2 faceoff man in the country in the form of John Henry Flood, and two of the team’s top scorers, Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen, I was sure this year would be one of those losing campaigns we all chalk up to “a rebuilding year...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MAD ABOUT YOU: Crimson Starts Season Strong | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...anchored the Harvard offense for the evening with two scores. “I’m extremely disappointed in our performance,” Farrar said. “I know we can do better. And I know we will. Let’s chalk this one up, take the appropriate lessons from it, and make some adjustments.” Harvard will head to California for a series of spring break matches against Concordia, Redlands, and Cal Baptist before returning to the northeast on April 10th for a game at Connecticut College on April 10th. A rematch with...

Author: By Nick Traverse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Drowned In Season Home Opener | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...perceptions of happiness in various societies around the world, and ranks countries in order of contentment. At WDH, Weiner learns some of the cold, hard facts about the conditions under which we feel warm and fuzzy. East Asian cultures, he finds, report lower levels of individual happiness, which researchers chalk up to the overriding value placed on social harmony, while Americans "are guilty of inflating our contentment to impress." Married people and optimists are happier than singles and pessimists, women and men tend to be equally happy, and everyone is least happy on the way to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happy Trails | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...scotch and four-square—is an anachronistic attempt to preserve a nonexistent dream of a pristine Yard. Let’s let that attempt cede to a dream of a campus environment teeming with messages. The power of the pen and the power of the chalk stub are not so far apart...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Chalk It Up | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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