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The esoteric edict is one in a string of attempts by some religious groups and parties in Indonesia to influence morality in the country - efforts that not everyone in the Muslim-majority nation appreciates. The council, which is not an official government body although it receives funding from the Ministry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Fatwa Against Yoga | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

The back-and-forth can feel esoteric, but, in fact, it goes to the heart of solving the problem. "If losing firms are sucking up all the credit, then isn't the [correct] policy response to let banks cancel lines of credit?" asks Octavio Marenzi, CEO of the banking consultancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Really a Credit Crunch? | 12/24/2008 | See Source »

In 2008, Hollywood witnessed a growing trend toward esoteric movie titles. For film enthusiasts, this proved tricky—one risked sitting through two hours of a movie that was a bit unexpected, to say the least. In most of the following cases, you (and I) were sorely disappointed. 1...

Author: By Claire J Saffitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Five Movies the Title Tricked You Into Seeing | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

Wherefore art thou, concentration requirements?Harvard’s English department has been asking itself this question since last spring, when a task force convened to evaluate the current requirements for concentrators. The task force’s proposal to overhaul the English curriculum was overwhelmingly approved by the department...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The English Revolution | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

“It’s now more and more possible to join a niche community that’s built around common taste in some esoteric form of cultural consumption,” Kaufman says. As the volume and variety of multimedia content available on any computer across...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard in the Time of New Media | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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