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...manufacturing giant is crying foul after it lost a $35 billion U.S. Air Force contract to a consortium including the European parent company of Airbus. Boeing has filed a formal protest with the government, saying the selection process was "seriously flawed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...will you ensure that the NBA doesn't face baseball's problem with steroids? -Mike Diaz, Brooklyn, N.Y.We test every athlete four times, at random, between the beginning of training camp and the end of the postseason. We contract that work out to an independent agency. We think it's working pretty well, although you never know until you read the newspapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for David Stern | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...dismissal as chair of the anesthesia department in July 2007. According to Studen, Warfield is still currently employed at Beth Israel but is in “somewhat of a limbo” as to what her role at the hospital will be come August, when her contract expires. “I find it disappointing that an institution like Beth Israel did not respond more appropriately,” Studen said, “but we do not yet live in a world—even a senior-level professional world—in which gender discrimination does...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Professor Files Gender Bias Lawsuit | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...experience working with students at a place she calls "the Harvard for exotic animal training," detailed the discovery that she could train her husband, Scott, just as she learned to train dolphins. Movie offers, television appearances and a barrage of emails followed, not to mention a book contract. Sutherland sat down with TIME to discuss her new book: What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shamu Lady Is Back! | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...sympathize, something completely absent amongst the counter-complainers, who are no less obnoxious. Where were they–given their claims of moral superiority and wisdom—when Harvard lost over 350 million dollars in a hedge fund last year? Or when the administration breached its contract with its workers? Of course, they were too jaded to care. For these people, it seems that it’s the feeling of superiority over their classmates that matters, not actually considering anyone’s wellbeing. And who can blame them? It’s not as if they have...

Author: By Sahand Moarefy | Title: The Passion of Idiots | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

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