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Do you think President Obama's rhetoric, and his emphasis on empathy in difficult times, might trickle down to engender the sort of kindness you stress in the book? Hard times don't necessarily make people nicer to each other. I think that's a myth. When people feel really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Nice Guys Should Finish First — but Don't | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

With the College’s massive curricular review now in the rearview mirror, four individual departments conducted academic overhauls of their own late this year, revamping their concentration requirements to appeal to a wider variety of students.English, Classics, Music, and Astronomy modified their undergraduate programs this past year to...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Concentrations Revamp Requirements | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

Outside of the public sphere, we deplored the continued distortion and misuse of the SAT. The College Board’s implementation of the new “Score Choice” policy, which allows students to determine which of their SAT scores will be sent to colleges, was a...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: From Student Loans to School Uniforms | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

Still, when making auxiliary plans, it is critical not to inflate threats. For example, China has yet to build a functioning aircraft carrier. Ironically, Beijing’s emphasis on obtaining its rivals’ technological secrets, rather than innovating, places it at a permanent disadvantage. Admittedly, China has a...

Author: By Nicholas Tatsis | Title: Managing China? | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

The notion of charting military progress by counting enemy dead was championed by then Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who believed in analyzing all sorts of data to determine how the war was going. The emphasis on those numbers led to some commanders' emphasizing killing over winning and to inflated body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Military Return to Counting Bodies? | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

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