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Christakis reports that when babies get caught up with what's playing on television, their parents are equally likely to get distracted, which limits their exchanges with their kids. It's a three-way interaction, with TV affecting both children and their parents, and the parents' detachment further impairing their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: TV May Inhibit Babies' Language Development | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Christensen’s improvements in her final season included a new personal record at the HYP meet, helping the women to a decisive victory over Yale and Princeton. She set her new personal record at 1.91 meters, a mark that is second on the Crimson’s all...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP: Jumper Repeats as All-American | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

I'm going to keep Taweh and all the other Liberians guessing. I don't want to be distracted this year while I concentrate on pushing development. The next election is October 2011. Plenty of time to make that decision.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

Not quite ready to choose your own junior tutorial leader or thesis advisor for next year? FM has some sound advice to guide you through the daunting process. First comes your own window shopping. Ensure that your advisor is someone with whom you can tolerate spending some serious quality time...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clip 'n' Save: Snagging an Adviser | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Torture, the economic collapse, the controversial firing of eight U.S. federal prosecutors, Vice President Dick Cheney's secret energy task force: there's no shortage of reasons to be scrutinizing the Bush Administration these days, and Congress is on the case on most of them. But from the Obama Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Dems: Look Forward or Back? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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