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...adviser cares about what I’m doing and she wants to make sure I’m doing well.”SIZE DOES MATTERBut small concentrations may not always mean a better experience in every aspect.While they may receive individualized attention, concentrators in small fields have fewer peers with whom to share their academic experiences.One of only five Sanskrit and Indian studies concentrators in her graduating class, Howard was aware during college that her experience was drastically different from that of most of her friends. “Basically I was in graduate classes for most...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Small Concentrations, Opening Up Big Worlds | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...Reilly and John Walsh, producer of America's Most Wanted. But it also sparked the formation of an unexpected coalition of opponents, featuring some of the state's toughest prosecutors as well as victims' rights groups, both of whom worry that the measure could backfire and result in fewer convictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Penalty for Child Molesters? | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...their own homes as long as possible. While they're still relatively healthy, nearby seniors can come to the hospital for day-care and checkups; when they become homebound, a team of nurses and physical therapists are available for house calls. An hour or so of home care burns fewer resources than a day in the hospital, Saito points out, and it's the option preferred by his elderly patients. "In Japan, people want to die on a tatami floor at home," says Saito, with characteristic directness. "We should meet that desire. And it's less costly for society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Braces for an Aging Tsunami | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

What the investigations have in common is this: they are looking into charges that politics inappropriately influenced policy. Rove is not only Bush's closest political adviser but also a top policy aide. If few have played both sides as openly as Rove, even fewer have succeeded in staying clean in the process. Rove may have, but if there's any dirt, it will probably come out. Last Wednesday, for example, House Democrats voted to give immunity to Monica Goodling, a key White House liaison in the U.S. Attorney firings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Memo: Washington Memo: Target Rove | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...harder" was the corporate motto, an adroit marketing hook so successful it became part of pop culture. The company, Avis Rent A Car, was founded in 1946 by Warren Avis with two employees and fewer than 200 cars. Its first two locations were airports in Miami and Ypsilanti, Mich. A decorated WW II pilot, Avis said his entrepreneurial idea was inspired by his flying experience and the growing need for ground transportation at airports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 7, 2007 | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

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