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People skip over names. But names have lots of meaning. I had troubles in the beginning. People were saying, "You're going to name a black character Leonid? How can you do that?" And I'd say, "Why not? Does it make any more sense to call him John? I mean, if black people came from Africa, I should give my characters African names, you know?" But as a writer, as a novelist, names help to identify a character, and place a character in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Writer Walter Mosley | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...idea from Smith's work that everybody remembers? Mainly because it's so simple and powerful. If the invisible hand of the market really can be relied on at all times and in all places to deliver the most prosperous and just society possible, then we'd be idiots not to get out of the way and let it work its magic. Plus, the supply-meets-demand straightforwardness of the invisible-hand metaphor lends itself to mathematical treatment, and math is the language in which economists communicate with one another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Would Adam Smith Say? | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...didn’t think I’d go to college,” he says. “I had no plan. I went to college because it was better than working...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Ellison Takes Winding Path to College | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...September, FAS CIO Lawrence M. Levine left Harvard to direct IT operations at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in February, the FAS IT executive director stepped down as well. In October, University CIO Daniel D. Moriarty stepped down without explanation...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: IT Offices To Consolidate | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

Following the departures of the CIOs, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith and University Executive Vice President Katie Lapp began to search for a CIO to oversee both organizations, according to FAS spokesperson Jeff Neal...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: IT Offices To Consolidate | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

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