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...seems to be little more than a distended stomach, bulging head and collection of scrawny limbs. According to the chart at the foot of her bed, she may also have pneumonia and sepsis. But at the root of her problem is chronic diarrhea, a daily killer of 5,000 young children in the developing world and the cause of one-third of child deaths in Bangladesh. Her 15-year-old mother, Jharana, had never heard of diarrhea before she was advised to take Sohag to ICDDR's hospital. There, the baby received saline solution through a vein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Simple Solution | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

What do Chairman of Microsoft Corporation William H. Gates III ’77, world-class tennis player James R. Blake ’01, and Booker Prize winning author Margaret E. Atwood MA ’62 have in common, besides a killer forehand? All three luminaries grace “The Harvard 100” list of the most influential alumni, the feature story of the first issue of 02138, an independent magazine for Harvard alumni that is attempting to become the publication of choice for its elite and accomplished community. The official press release gushes that...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 02138: Sheer Vanitas | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

SCORSESE: Kubrick is really the killer. The other night, there it is again--The Shining. What could I do? I had to watch the whole goddam thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gang's All Here | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

Adam Goldenberg ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. He only writes for The Crimson because it makes a killer line on his resumé. His column appears on alternate Fridays...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Freshmen: Don’t Read This Column | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

...Roadside bombs are generally believed to be the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq (according to icasualties.org, almost a thousand U.S troops have been killed by the devices so far). The threat has persisted despite a multibillion-dollar U.S. campaign to neutralize it, and more than any element in Iraq has spread the dangers of war evenly from frontline soldiers to support personnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Death in the Class of 9/11 | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

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