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...first 30 days of the new Congress, Democrats in both houses have held 52 committee hearings on the conduct of the war - an average of more than two for every day the House has been in session since January 9. One House Democratic staffer described the move to kick the oversight up several notches as "a strategic decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iraq Resolution: Just a First Step? | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

...Kick Coke Off Campus movement attempts to end university contracts with Coca-Cola in protest of its alleged human rights and environmental violations. College students do not constitute a particularly large portion of the corporation’s profits, but the collective movement of students around the world is both symbolic and potentially influential...

Author: By Rachel M Singh | Title: The Ethics of Boycotting | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...guard probably considered them repulsive, as she was holding them gingerly by the chain with just two fingers. ''Don't think we are finished with you!'' the man said. ''There are other ways to bring you to your senses.'' The female guard gave my prostrate body a hard kick as they left the cell and locked the door behind them. Slowly I brought my left arm forward and looked at my hand. It was horrible to contemplate. Both hands were swollen to enormous size. The swelling extended to my elbows. Around my wrists where the handcuffs had cut into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard’s multiple misses as fuel for the fast break—the Crimson shot just 8-of-26 in the opening period—the Lions rebounded the ball and quickly got it up court, opening up opportunities to drive to the basket for layups or kick the ball out for wide-open shots from behind the arc. “We wanted to play more up-tempo, that was a big thing for us, to push the ball more,” Columbia coach Joe Jones said. “Our guys did a great...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot-Shooting Lions Roar Past Men's Basketball | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

...sweeten the pill, the government is underwriting patch- and gum- treatment kits to help citizens quit smoking. Many companies have also started to finance treatments to help employees kick their ciggies, which has the added benefit for employers of losing less work time to smoking breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No (Revolutionary) Fire as France Curbs Smoke | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

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