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...DP”, which doesn’t really give someone a hint one way or another whether they’re allowed to use the first name—why the policy debate team is interesting, I think he would just ignore you. He would lift his straw hat from the table, place it on top of his head, say, “Have a good day,” and leave. He has better things...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Date With Debate | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...head of the White House office on health reform; Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag; and deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina. Emanuel and Schiliro practically lived in Reid's offices during the passage of the stimulus legislation and this will be a much harder lift. "This bill's not perfect and we have a lot of difficult work ahead of us," Obama said in Rose Garden remarks on Tuesday. "There are still serious disagreements and details ahead of us ... Now's not the time to offer ourselves congratulations. Now's not the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Turns to Harry Reid After Key Vote | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

Although the Lions won the first point of the frame, consistent serving from sophomore Christine Wu and Ono Horn set the scene for a steady accumulation of kills from Docter, Fryhofer, and Ingersoll to lift Harvard to an 11-5 advantage. This time, there would be no resurgence on the other side of the net, and the Crimson led by at least four points throughout the set. Sophomore Mikaelle Comrie notched a kill...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Whallops New York Ivies in Road Matches | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...mostly enjoys the job. But on tournament mornings, he has to be at the course at 4 a.m. A few years ago the country club switched from gas to electric carts, some of which have four 84-lb. batteries each. Every year, Shively and another worker have to lift out all the batteries and store them for winter. "Your body aches all over," he says. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Valode is torn between two clashing theories. The first suspects the committee cynically sought to lift the award's profile and restore some of its star-quality status, "and what better way of doing that than to give it to the most popular man on the planet today?" Valode asks. Conversely, Valode says the committee may have gotten pragmatic by making a fundamental change in who it sees as most likely to promote and obtain peace today. "Previously, it was the charities, the non-governmental organizations, the brave diplomats who dared to believe," he says. "Now, perhaps the committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Was the Nobel Committee Thinking? | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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