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...tightly regulated, mostly by the states. The companies are required to keep vast sums of cash and short term investments to be able to pay off policies, and they are required to pay into state funds to protect policy holders in case one of the companies should ever fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe is Your Insurance Company? | 10/10/2008 | See Source »

...complete and utter failure,” Chalfie said. “It was so disheartening to completely fail that I decided I shouldn’t be in biology...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Alumni Win Nobel Prize | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...that we're all responsible for our own choices. but if women were constantly throwing themselves at you, and your libido was stronger than normal people and biologically it was hard for you to control your impulses, would you be perfect, or would you succumb? Statistically, most men would fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Bill Clinton On the Couch | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...ages of 6 and 14 are not in school in India. The national literacy rate of girls over seven years is 54%, compared to 75% for boys. In India's northern Hindi-speaking states, girls' literacy rates are particularly low, ranging between 33% and 50%. Far more girls fail to complete their education - or even enroll. "I want to be a VIP when I grow up," says Priya Verma, 11, to a burst of laughter all around. "That is why I want to study from bhaiyya... I know he will help me get good marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Grass-Roots Teachers | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...looks like the bailout's going to happen, so did you fail? I read a quote somewhere that was like, 'Freedom fighters don't always win, but they're always right.' You can't always win, but they'll be consequences for the people that voted for and pushed for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anti-Bailout Ad Man | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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