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...does this mean we should all have a cocktail? Maybe, but Skogen says he doesn't believe his study should encourage abstainers to become drinkers. Rather, he says doctors might want to investigate why abstaining patients don't drink and explain that in societies where alcohol use is common, not drinking may lead them to feel left out. Sometimes, you should just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Nondrinkers May Be More Depressed | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...does much good. For instance, it offers students signs for their drop boxes so they can opt out of receiving flyers. It also collects lost dishware so Harvard University Dining Services does not have to buy new supplies. REP is right that waste should be a common enemy...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Drop the Napkins, Punk! | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...eulogies emphasized a common theme: not only was Beer an accomplished academic, but he also cared about the people who he collaborated with...

Author: By Henry A. Shull, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Late Prof. Lauded For Caring Service | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...Another common criticism is that Afghanistan is a cobbled-together agglomeration of warring tribes and ethnic factions that is not amenable to anything approaching nation-building. In fact, the first Afghan state emerged with the Durrani Empire in 1747, making it a nation older than the U.S. Afghans lack no sense of nationhood; rather, they have always been ruled by a weak central state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Arguments for What to Do in Afghanistan | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...Gelb is the author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Arguments for What to Do in Afghanistan | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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