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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...study's authors are quick to point out that these correlations won't necessarily apply across the board and that the findings don't imply that people take political positions out of fear. (Fear, of course, is not a bad thing - a certain amount of it is necessary for survival.) The point, rather, is that there may be something fundamentally biological about politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Startle Reflex: Key to Your Politics | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...trying to sell you Japanese bondage porn (illegal in China) or the two armless men who like to circle a block known for its expat bars. The shock comes from everything appearing Western and yet being just different enough to always keep you on your toes. And so, for fear of becoming a sleazy expat who takes everything at face value, I have held my nose, dived into the smog, and tried to find an authentic experience in a city that’s about as real as Vegas or Dubai.“This is my lowest price...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Shanghai-tened Reality | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...that "do not involve the use of human embryos" at all. His party platform calls for an outright ban on all embryo research, public or private. Meanwhile, a McCain-Palin ad lauds the pair as the "original mavericks" for supporting "stem-cell research to help free families from the fear and devastation of illness." But that's not courage; it's camouflage. Everyone favors adult-stem-cell research: the only fight is over experiments that destroy embryos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...Fischer declined repeated requests to comment for this article via e-mail, citing a fear of “getting into matters which involvew [sic] the litigation,” but added that he received the American Surgical Association’s Gold Medallion for a lifetime of scientific achievement this year...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Medical School Prof. Gender Bias Lawsuit Moves Forward | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...many times over the years. In that small room with three walls were some of the strangest people I saw during my entire time overseas. There were teens who hadn’t bathed in a while, on purpose, and lanky girls slugging back cans of beer with neither fear of judgment nor pretension. After hearing the headlining band Carsick Cars’ first song I liked what I heard—and found myself in complete disbelief. Atonal music in China that wasn’t Beijing opera? Really? I was soon paying just as much attention...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rock and Rebellion in Shanghai | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

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