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Freshman Seminar 25k. “You Are What You Eat”: Might as well be called “Annenberg 101: The Freshmen Fifteen...
...heads for the sleep pods behind the reception desk whenever she gets hit by a bout of afternoon lethargy and creative block. If she is lucky enough to find one empty, she leans back in the recliner, pulls down the visor, puts on noise-canceling earphones and drifts. Fifteen minutes later, the chair gently vibrates and brings her upright, block removed. "I would use them every day, but I have to share them with 450 other people," she says...
...idea of sabotaging the Saudi oil fields - the world's largest oil reserve - strikes directly at the heart of the uneasy co-dependency of the gulf's oil-producing countries and their avid customers in the developed world. Fifteen percent of U.S. oil comes from Saudi Arabia. The strategic import of bin Laden's dictate was immediately clear to U.S. policymakers. His goal was never the untenable idea of engaging in a lasting struggle with America. It was, rather, to prompt the United States to withdraw its support for various Arab regimes, particularly Saudi Arabia, leaving them vulnerable to uprisings...
...Fifteen Minutes: What do you think of Hank Paulson’s nomination to be Treasury secretary? University President Lawrence H. Summers: He’s an alum of our business school. He’s a first rate guy with very broad experience who may well need it, given the large challenges our economy and financial system face...
...ever read Fifteen Minutes? LHS: I have read Fifteen Minutes. I enjoy the edge. I get some but not all of the references...