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Tune in to watch a New York Knicks basketball game and you may see Spike Lee trash-talking opposing stars from his courtside seats. Next to filmmaking, basketball is one of the director's greatest loves, and with his focus increasingly shifting toward nonfiction features (When the Levees Broke, Passing Strange), it was only a matter of time before Lee got around to shooting some hoops. (See pictures of Star Trek's best villains...
...botched surgery lands you back in the hospital, for instance, that means more profit for the health-care industry. "They are often penalized if they provide more-efficient care, if they reduce readmission rates," Orszag says, adding that changing that kind of perverse incentive will be a major focus of health-care reform...
...There was remarkably little noise from those who might be concerned about the forecast of the increasing deficit. Those in the government who oppose big spending know that taking out programs which are supposed to be integral to an economic recovery would be considered unpatriotic. A focus on the falling tax receipts does not have a benefit except to emphasize hopelessness...
...Nothing went wrong and there was nothing specific," Gates said of asking General David McKiernan, the outgoing commander, to step down just 11 months into a two-year post. "The focus here is simply on getting fresh thinking, fresh eyes on the problem." But McChrystal's role in the friendly-fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman - as well as prisoner abuses allegedly committed on his watch at Baghdad's Camp Nama - mean his Senate confirmation might not go as smoothly (or swiftly) as Gates hopes. (Read Joe Klein's take on McKiernan's Afghan exit...
...think everyone would agree that we have the Ad Board for this reason.” In a Crimson interview last November, outgoing Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith H. Kidd recommended an “educational” component of a revised amnesty policy, a focus that is featured in the new policy. Student organization leaders are “urged” to take part in yearly “education efforts”—which may include lessons on risk reduction, event planning, and bartending—with the Office of Alcohol...