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From its title, which translates to “beautiful song,” and its cover, which features elegantly dressed party goers, it is nearly impossible to guess that Ann Patchett’s “Bel Canto” is a novel about terrorism. But perhaps that’s because “Bel Canto” is so far from the typical book on terrorism...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bel Canto | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

This year’s class is no exception. “I guess you can say it’s an episode of Survivor with people voting themselves off,” Litt says...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Burden of Proof | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...Perhaps it was taken out because how big this “sacrifice” will be is still anyone’s guess. It could be the cost of new windows (unlikely) or a multi-million dollar, multi-pronged effort by the entire University (likely). Thus, by forcing students to make a choice without the relevant costs, and insisting that the referendum contain specific propositions that will have specific costs to implement, the environmentalists have made a “yes” vote on their own referendum illogical; support for an undefined sacrifice is not much...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine and Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Green—And Naïve | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Ways and Means Committee oversees Social Security legislation. Most people say you'll either have to raise taxes or cut benefits to keep the system solvent. Do you agree? I guess you would call extending the [retirement] age reducing benefits, but it's a very complex problem. One of the difficulties about Social Security is that if you start talking about the pain, then you lose the political will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Charles Rangel | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...guess you're not at the point of the career where you're going to hustle to get work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert DeNiro in the Director's Chair | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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