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...part capable of deciding, I'll finish my homework, take out the garbage, and then I'll IM my friends." But I believe the last area of the brain to mature is the part capable of deciding, I'll clean my room, put soiled clothes in the hamper and return those dirty dishes to the kitchen without being told to. From my own highly unscientific observations, this level of cerebral maturity occurs around age 30?about the same time you discover that your parents were more intelligent than you once thought. Gregory Bordelon Chennevi?res-sur-Marne, France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...some professors said they worry Allston would hamper interdisciplinary research. While science faculty acknowledge that they need more room, many have expressed concerns that splitting FAS science between both banks of the Charles could sever important interdepartmental connections...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks and Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Searching for a College in Allston | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...aides told Agnew that his connection with the Nixon Administration and the Watergate affair could severely hamper his 1976 presidential hopes...

Author: By Jonathan T. Davis, | Title: Agnew to Resign if Nixon Implicated | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...aides told Agnew that his connection with the Nixon Administration and the Watergate affair could severely hamper his 1976 presidential hopes...

Author: By Jonathan T. Davis, | Title: Agnew to Resign if Nixon Implicated | 4/22/2004 | See Source »

...ruling party, Chirac was largely content to reshuffle loyal followers. Dominique de Villepin moves to the Interior Ministry from foreign affairs, where he has been replaced by European Commissioner Michel Barnier. The very sameness in the Cabinet puts the incandescent Borloo center stage, but it could also hamper him. Sarkozy, burdened with a huge budget deficit, is unlikely to allow him the renewal projects that won him praise in Valenciennes. "Borloo is a good guy, and he knows his subject," says Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former Socialist Finance Minister. "But he won't be setting the agenda like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet France's Mr. Fix-It | 4/4/2004 | See Source »

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