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...Russian leadership learnt one important lesson from 2004 - not to put all their eggs in one basket," says Trenin. Meanwhile, Russians and Ukrainians alike will be watching for Putin's next trenchant explanation from literary history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putin to the West: Hands off Ukraine | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...life lessons learnt during a UC campaign might be less beneficial than candidates—successful or not— think. I looked on earlier this year as the competition toughened for my classmates, and as some first-year UC campaigns came to ape their Washington counterparts. Candidates, concerned with distinguishing themselves from a large pool, seemed to lose focus on what was important or relevant to the position they sought. Instead, they resorted to provocative slogans and ploys that served more to distract than to inform...

Author: By Elias A. Shaaya | Title: Campaign Sales | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...Indiana Jones, but we just watch them as films. We don't really take anything from them; there's no wisdom to be learnt really from them. He's an archaeologist with a leather whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Star Wars' is My Co-Pilot | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...representing Jaipur, Mohali or Kolkata? The franchises comprise a hotchpotch of current and retired players from various countries. On what will the players draw to find the will to try their hardest? Gratitude, perhaps, for being paid so well? It was only a few years ago that cricket learnt a hard lesson - players engaged in matches of which the result scarcely matters to them are vulnerable to the charms of bookmakers. In this latest unseemly grab for cash, that lesson appears to have been forgotten already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket's Deal with the Devil | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...feel that. You graduated from Brown. Who do you root for during football games? CME: I have only just learnt the different between baseball and football, so I am little bit behind in my cheering...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Christine Evans | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

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