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Americans have learned to sense when terrorism is being exploited for personal gain. And each time it happens, the public loses a little bit of faith. We might even begin to think that the threat is not very serious after all. That too would be a mistake. That kind of distrust and complacency would indeed be something to fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Loose Lips | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...potentially lethal, like say, alcohol, one could argue that the government has a legitimate role in imposing this cost on women. But the pill has not been shown to have any severe long or short-term risks; none of its possible side-effects—nausea, headaches, slight weight gain and, with lifetime use, delayed menopause—are serious enough to warrant a prescription. Nor is there any real chance of abuse or drug extraction: An overdose of ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel (two common pill ingredients) is more likely to result in vomiting than any kind of high...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Liberation (By Prescription) | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...something in finance,” says Bibergan, who will work at a private equity firm in Moscow next year. But he says that Harvard’s finance offerings are “very paltry.” Bibergan cross-registered in several courses at MIT to gain the pre-professional training that Harvard doesn’t provide...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Low Ranks for Large Fields | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...apply early to increase their chances of admission, while minority students and students from rural areas, other countries, and high schools with fewer resources miss out. Students needing financial aid are disadvantaged by binding early decision programs that prevent them from comparing aid packages. Others who apply early and gain admission to the college of their choice have less reason to work hard at their studies during their final year of high school...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn MCGRATH Lewis | Title: New Possibilities in the Post-Early Admissions Era | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...Moreover, the Committee could gain departmental status without having to separate completely from the Divinity School, according to Cox. Still, increasing the committee’s presence in FAS through more professors and greater course offerings are goals many Arts and Sciences and divinity professors share...

Author: By Marie C. Kodama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Faithful in Academic Limbo | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

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