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...Time, government agencies and research groups, in order to give his claims a firm foundation in fact. And although it might not be quick enough for the busy individual who is its subject, Faster is a fast read. Gleick creates a page-turner through his use of suspense. His chapters come full circle. Gleick is very good at carrying the reader through his profound arguments about time and its affect on us. His style successfully makes his abstract claims obvious and accessible in the small number of pages of each chapter. At times, however, Gleick sidetracks onto tangents...
Faster reveals that despite all our haste we may only be running in place. Gleick wisely avoids the "Smell the roses" cliches and imparts no advice on how to save one's time in our increasingly hurried lives. In fact, he dedicates a whole chapter to exposing the contradictions present within self-help books, like 365 Ways to Save Time. Gleick asks only that we acknowledge this condition. He states that the speed at which we accomplish our multitudinous tasks has its consequences. Not only may the quality of our work suffer, but also the quality of our lives...
...does not claim to be groundbreaking and he is not. However, Light's observations are successful in doing what they promise: helping you make the most of college. Rather than concocting revolutionary theories on studying, Light stays in the bounds of reasonable, sometimes even pushing the self-evident. Certain chapters of this book seem to focus more on how professors can help students, with hints given on how to make classes more effective. "Faculty who make a Difference" gives suggestions on how teachers can make class more reciprocal. The chapter titled "Diversity on Campus" is something designed for Professor Harvey...
Been victimized by an overly tempting credit card offer? Charge your way through some lean years and need a way out? Or just fallen on hard times? Three words: Chapter 7 bankruptcy. But you'd better hurry - an overhaul of bankruptcy law is through the Senate and on its way to the waiting pen of George W. Bush...
...Three of four of the 1.3 million folks who filed for bankruptcy in 2000 filed under Chapter 7, which allowed them to erase most of their unsecured debts, namely credit card balances. When Bush signs the finished bill - which he will, when the Senate and House are finished reconciling the two near-identical versions - only those who fall below a certain income threshold, or are unemployed, will be able to do so, and then only after they fill out a stack of forms. The rest will have to settle for Chapter 13, which in most states allows a debtor...