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...sanctimony. Dr. Hark is a classic media moralist in the tradition of Judge Judy and Dr. Laura--curt and no nonsense. (Could Dickens have come up with a better name for a TV scold than Dr. Hark?) After a few minutes of her lecturing--"They are on a downward spiral toward disaster!"--I was ready to eat a deep-fried Snickers dunked in whipped cream just to spite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blinking Blue Schoolmarm | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...center Brian Cusworth. “That’s not who we are. We plan on going out with two big wins and ending the season on a high note.” It will not be easy. Cornell (11-15, 6-6) started Harvard’s downward spiral with a last-second 79-77 win in Ithaca on Feb. 4. Columbia (11-14, 4-8) has been playing much better since the Crimson beat it 69-59 on Feb. 3, and is the only team to defeat league-leading Penn. Cornell is the lone Ivy team, besides...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson, Seniors Finish Trying Seniors | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...Live view is very useful for all sorts of out-of-the-ordinary shooting. When I was testing it using an Olympus macro lens, I could manually focus the camera without craning my neck out of whack. In a crowd of people, I adjusted the articulating LCD to point downward, then held the camera aloft to take overhead shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympus Evolt E-330 Digital SLR Camera | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...toll. Several industries, including steel and automobiles, have been growing so rapidly that they now have problems of overcapacity. Still, with 300 million rural laborers in China eager to join the industrialization push, and at wages that are a small fraction of what Americans or West Europeans earn, the downward pressure on jobs and salaries worldwide is likely to continue. Ford's late-January restructuring, involving 30,000 job losses, demonstrates that theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two for the Road | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...taking a toll: several industries, including steel and automobiles, have been growing so rapidly that they now have problems of overcapacity. Still, with 300 million rural laborers in China eager to join the industrialization push for pay that's a fraction of what Americans or West Europeans earn, the downward pressure on wages and jobs worldwide is likely to continue. Just last week, Ford announced it will lay off up to 30,000 workers and close 14 plants in the U.S. in a huge restructuring to shore up its finances. Such drastic steps are feeding a backlash against globalization that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Goldilocks Economy | 1/28/2006 | See Source »

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