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...York City Still Too Big to Fail Insurer AIG, reeling from the collapse of mortgage-backed securities it underwrote, received a fourth massive infusion of federal funds, bringing total taxpayer liability to $180 billion. The same day, it posted a $61.7 billion quarterly loss--the largest in U.S. corporate history...
...steel sculpture, Freedom's Angel of Steadfast Love--a gift to the town from a Pennsylvania artist to commemorate 9/11--stands in an empty lot where pro-Bush supporters gathered. The locals have taken to decorating it for certain holidays and other occasions: red, white and blue banners on the Fourth of July, a veil and bouquet of flowers for Jenna Bush's wedding last May. (See pictures of George W. Bush...
...Harvard/NEC program, founded in 2005, allows students to pursue both academics and music at two of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. For the first three years, students take weekly lessons with an NEC instructor. The fourth year, when participants are seniors at Harvard, they are required to play in an ensemble, a requirement often filled by joining the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. They also begin requirements for a Master’s degree at NEC, while finishing concentration and core requirements in Cambridge. The fifth and final year of the program is spent exclusively at NEC. The joint...
...admissions committee selects students by rating each applicant on a scale of one to four in each of four categories: leadership, commitment to public service, academics, and a fourth category that includes special talent, extraordinary background, and diversity...
...battle of the 1990s starring Jack "Doctor Death" Kevorkian. But the issue of whether human beings - and more pointedly, doctors - have the right to help others die has been in the public discourse since before the birth of Christ. The Hippocratic Oath, which scholars estimate was written in the fourth century B.C., includes the unambiguous statement: I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan. (The oath, which most modern doctors do not take, also includes a promise not to perform abortions.) (See the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs...