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...checks in at the abortion clinic and doesn't like its casually clinical attitude. This kid can hear false notes pitched too high for most human ears to discern. So she checks out the alternative press and finds an ad placed by a couple seeking adoption. The Lorings (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) are rich, welcoming and ostensibly eager for the fulfillment their biology has denied them. OK, she's a little uptight, and underneath his charm there's something elusive about him. But still, given the limited alternatives available to Juno they qualify as godsends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Juno: No False Notes | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

Following his summa cum laude graduation from Yale in 1942, Stewart’s decades in academia saw him garner a litany of accomplishments. The achievements ranged from his published work on ancient religion, literature, and philosophy to his review and revival of Harvard University Press’s Loeb Classical Library, which publishes English translations of Greek and Latin texts...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Lowell House Master Dies at 86 | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

This semester, the EAC has actively worked to garner student support for the plan’s implementation, according to Hunter...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dean Supports Green Goals | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

Troubled individuals may also have watched the mounting catastrophes garner attention and taken a cue. Like a sore throat, suicide can be contagious. "One suicide in a community can become a trigger for other people who are at risk," Waterson explains. Suicide clusters generally occur among teenagers and young adults, though patterns have been reported in groups of marine troops, religious sects and psychiatric inpatients. But the cases in Gnosall cover a broad age spectrum, and the deceased, by all accounts, were not close to one another. Khan points out that the suicide rate has fallen there in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suicide Capital of England | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...Dark-horse tickets should also emphasize to voters that first-place votes for them will not be wasted. These campaigns can then hope to garner enough first-place votes to stave off elimination, while relying on second-place votes to propel them to victory...

Author: By Roger R. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Instant-Runoff’ Voting Leaves Room for Campaign Strategy; Allows More Voter Input | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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