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A common strategy for beginning to understand big numbers is to devise visual representations. One time, sitting at a baseball game in Philadelphia, Paulos started counting seats along the first-base line. Multiplying the number of seats in a row by the number of rows, Paulos came up with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Understand a Trillion-Dollar Deficit | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

Maximilien Yelbi sits at a large breakfast table that is set for 10 people. He spreads butter and jam across a piece of dry bread. The simple fare is reminiscent of a French snack that he says his mother often prepared for him.Yelbi is a twenty year-old French student...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom and Gordon Y. Liao, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Finds Home At Harvard Shelter | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

3. On altering online behavior: After identifying 190 self-described 18- and 20-year-olds whose profile contained information about risky lifestyles or habits, Dr. Megan Moreno, one of the study's authors, sent messages to half of them about the dangers of sharing such personal details online. Moreno also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teens Behaving Badly? | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

Amnesty has been issuing these reports for at least four years now, and the death toll from Taser-related incidents continues to rise. It seems no one is listening. The stories contained, though, are quite shocking. One man who crashed his car onto the side of the road after suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Tasers Deadly? | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

As Harvard’s schools debate budget cuts, Allston residents face the possibility that funds previously reserved for the University’s expansion plans could be diverted to yet-to-be-determined projects. Since 2001, the strategic infrastructure fund—a 0.5 percent levy on the endowment...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Funds May Be Diverted | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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