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Putting banks through a series of "war games" will not work for the same reason that they do not work well for the military. The officers who set up the games do not have any imagination. They use past experience to determine what it likely to happen in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Setting Up War Games for the Banking System | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

The idea was to determine whether the emotional impact of learned symbolic speech, or semiotics, could be as deeply felt as that of inborn gestures. Shrugging the shoulders, for example, is a universal - and inherent - gesture of confusion or surrender, probably because it lowers the head relative to the upper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving the Finger: This Hurts Me More Than You | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

We cannot continue to ignore Tibet, nor can we continue to balk when human rights are in danger. The UN, NATO, the United States—any organization or nation with significant international sway—need to put pressure on the Chinese government to cease its suppression of the...

Author: By Joe O. Masterman | Title: Imperialism in the Holy Land | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

by JULIA S. CHENSwimming in the Mediterranean; hiking through Israel’s deserts, mountains, and valleys; hanging out with young Israeli soldiers—sounds like a fantasy vacation. If you’re lucky enough to be Jewish, you can have all this for free just by going...

Author: By Julia S Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Had Me At Shalom | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

Mohammed's success will hinge on his ability to persuade his former acolyte to end his insurgency. Fazlullah learned at the feet of Mohammed in the 1990s, fought alongside him in Swat and later in Afghanistan, and married his daughter. Both men were imprisoned upon their return from Afghanistan, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Pakistan Regain Control of Swat from the Taliban? | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

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