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Understatement: A good author knows how the right kind of understatement can actually emphasize the understated point. Dr. Rice unintentionally offered a fine example when, in private testimony to the Sept. 11 Commission, she reportedly asked to revise her previous statement that “I don’t think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile—a hijacked airplane as a missile.” That pillar of her case that nothing could...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, | Title: Parts of Speech | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

Students from St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics in St. Petersburg, Russia won first place in the finals...

Author: By Derek A. Vance, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Computer Wizzes Compete Abroad | 4/7/2004 | See Source »

...things stand, there are many fine points to a Harvard education. But it could certainly be better. (My half-hour of “Jeopardy!” every afternoon is often more intellectually enlightening—and almost always more enjoyable—than my daily hour of section.) With the ongoing curricular review, Harvard has a real chance to improve the standard of its undergraduate education by removing a few of the myriad academic hoops students currently have to jump through and, in the process, putting the focus back on high-quality work rather than high-quantity. Right...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Not So Special After All? | 4/7/2004 | See Source »

...When it was 4-2, it was fine,” Mazzoleni said. “When it was 4-3, they really started to come at us...and we didn’t have an answer...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIRROR MELTDOWNS: Sure Upset Erased By Stunning Rally | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...real estate is the new stock market, could HGTV et al. be the new CNBC? Helped by the post- (and maybe even pre-) 9/11 "nesting" trend, the small home channel has grown into a Top 15 cable network, and now has company including DIY, Fine Living and Discovery Home. A slew of new home shows are reflecting how the house has changed from nest to nest egg, focusing not on how to appoint the perfect family room but how to buy low and sell high in a heated real estate market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This Old Money Gusher | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

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