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Though the two said they had learned many of these lessons in their coursework at Harvard, they agreed that hearing first-hand accounts explaining the rationale behind hundreds of years of traditional medicine was a life-changing experience...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Health Across the Hemispheres | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...women in this rural village in the Indian state of Gujarat were members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association and are living proof that economic development and women’s empowerment go hand in hand. We were a group of Harvard affiliates in a group called the Alba Collective that hopes to sell products made by SEWA members in western markets. As we sat on the floor of a two-room house, the women told us their stories...

Author: By Alexandra L. Perkins | Title: Women as Engineers of Change | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...some degree, the meeting demonstrated the delicate balance Obama is trying to strike after speaking to the nation. On the one hand, the President is determined to create momentum for an eventual compromise in the Senate. On the other hand, he does not want to set expectations too high. Even before the speech was delivered, some Obama aides were cautioning that there was still much work ahead. "We certainly want to see Congress move," said a senior adviser before adding, "I don't think all of it is going to get done tomorrow." (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Obama's Speech, It's Back to Wooing the Skeptics | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...Friday, the IAAF issued a statement confirming that it had results from the tests in hand but urging caution over the Australian reports. "We would like to emphasize that these [reports] should not be considered as official statements by the IAAF," the federation said. "We can officially confirm that gender verification test results will be examined by a group of medical experts. We do not expect to make a final decision on this case before the next meeting of the IAAF Council which takes place in Monaco on November 20-21." (See pictures of the Beijing Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Slams Semenya's Gender Test | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...Regained (for at least 12 hours) the rhetorical upper hand against an opposition that has no comparable megaphone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Halperin's Take: What Obama Achieved — and What He Didn't | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

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