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...useful information from a string of highly subjective numbers or an ordering based on very fuzzy ranking. Worse, though, this focus on ratings encourages us to assume there is a measurable and identifiable route to academic happiness. There isn’t, and when we fool ourselves into thinking there is, we set ourselves up for an unpleasant fall. As a student, I reserve the right to stumble into things; I consider this the most valuable prerogative of undergraduate life. I don’t want to know precisely how my classes rank. Perhaps this means...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: An Academic Color-by-Numbers | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...transferring some of the donor’s bone marrow along with the organs, two Medical School researchers have found a way to fool immune cells into accepting foreign tissue as well. Four of the five study’s subjects received successful transplants...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boning Up on Organ Transplants | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...ignored the history of Iran's mullahs. Iran's intentions have been plain and clear for decades: subvert and destroy. Every ounce of uranium they enrich brings them that much closer to having the Bomb. We must stop them. Peaceful coexistence with a Bomb-equipped Iran is a fool's dream with deadly consequences. Jerome Ellard, BIG SANDY, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greasy Imperialism | 2/6/2008 | See Source »

...Iran's mullahs. Iran's intentions have been plain and clear for decades: subvert and destroy. Why put our future in their hands? Every ounce of uranium they enrich brings them closer to having the Bomb. We must stop them. Peaceful coexistence with a Bomb-equipped Iran is a fool's dream with deadly consequences. Jerome Ellard, BIG SANDY, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...most people in the first half of the past century, marriage was an unbreakable contract; divorce and infidelity offered escape clauses but scandalizing ones. In the rarefied air of celebrity, though, the rules were different. The public gave Hollywood stars (and other famous or notorious folks) permission to fool around, with the proviso that we could watch. Blue noses might tut-tut, but these couplings did carry their own moral. You could say, "At least I'm not like them." Or, "Why can't I be like them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Pairs | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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