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...friend offers you a deal in which for every coin flip that ends in heads, he gives you $11, and for every tails, you give him $10 dollars. If you had $1,000 in your bankroll, you would be foolish not to take up the deal. The first 10 tosses might not generate any heads, leaving you $100 down—but in the larger scope of things, in a world attuned to the rules of probability, you will leave the game having gained a profit. But now, say the stakes are upped and instead of $11, your friend...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playing for Keeps | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...employee, who would not give his name to The Crimson, said yesterday in an interview outside of CVS that he had been working the night of the stabbing...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Seek Suspects In Saturday Stabbing | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...obnoxious and very badly acted. So with Armie's most prominent role being as Gabriel Serrano—one of Serena van der Woodsen's love interests—on Gossip Girl, and not doing a great job of being a convincingly caring boyfriend, FlyBy has to give him the lowest grade...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: The Facebook Movie Has Been Cast, Acting Skills Questionable | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...funded an extensive network that includes not only lobbyists but also think-tank experts and advocacy groups. "You can't get on the phone with someone who isn't getting paid," says an economist who has studied the biologics issue with funding from a drug company. "They give money to everyone and anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Won on Health-Care | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...industry's most high-profile advocates has been former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, who is consulting for a law firm that has a deep roster of biologics clients. In July he wrote an Op-Ed in the Hill newspaper arguing for a "commonsense and fair approach" to give biologics companies at least 12 years of exclusivity. ("I wouldn't do this if I didn't believe it," Dean, a physician, said in an interview.) His former campaign manager Joe Trippi echoed Dean's views on a Huffington Post blog without disclosing that he had been paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Won on Health-Care | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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