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What is something that serves as an emotional need? It depends on the person. For example, expensive athletic shoes like Nikes - the right style or model - are totally superfluous and over-priced, but kids who don't have the right kind of shoe face potential ostracism from their peers. I'm not arguing that everyone should go out and buy their kids $120 Nikes, I'm just saying that there is a social pressure - a sense of need. A kid who has those shoes may feel better about himself than if he didn't have them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoptimism: Why We Buy Things | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...packed schedules, Sonja Sohn shot down all our excuses and offered a way to combat the problem at its roots. “Yeah, you got a research paper, yeah you got a boyfriend or a girlfriend, but you could spend a couple of hours a week mentoring a kid,” said Sohn...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When it Comes Down to “The Wire,” Community Service Still Comes First | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...can’t find a kid who loves football more than he does,” Pizzotti says. “He’s a great ambassador for the game...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ho Leaves Harvard Legacy After Career-Ending Injury | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Earlier this week, after what his lawyer suggested was a night of Halloween revelry, a Harvard Law School student was arrested for allegedly setting fire to a chapel that contained, we kid you not, the remains of 9/11 victims. From today's Crimson...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks | Title: Law, Business Students Do Harvard Proud | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...There’s a kid we could not have won back-to-back championships in 2007, 2008 without,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “He’s a kid that always wore his heart on his sleeve and gave us incredible effort, production, emotion...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Backs Run Over Dartmouth | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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