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Carlin's material grew increasingly dark in later years, to the point where he was cheerleading (with only a trace of irony) for mass suicide and ecological disaster. "I sort of gave up on this whole human adventure a long time ago," he said a couple of years ago. "Divorced myself from it emotionally. I think the human race has squandered its gift, and I think this country has squandered its promise. I think people in America sold out very cheaply, for sneakers and cheeseburgers. And I don't think it's fixable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Carlin Changed Comedy | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...public servants - salaries of public servants must be increased, so that they have better incomes and stay away from problems. Corrupt behaviors must be severely punished. And we also need to improve the publicity and transparency in corruption cases in order to better involve the public, including the mass media, in the fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam's Prime Minister Tackles Inflation | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

Education School professor Judith D. Singer began Wednesday as senior vice provost for faculty diversity and development, succeeding Evelynn M. Hammonds, who left the post to become dean of Harvard College this month. And next month, Lori E. Gross, director of arts initiatives at MIT, will move up Mass Ave to take over as associate provost for arts and culture, a position that became open after Sean T. Buffington '91 left last summer to become president of the University of the Arts...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Provost's Office Fills Vacancies | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

...examining technology in presidential campaigns. "I'm looking forward to working with the undergraduates at Harvard," Mele said. "Their observations on technology and politics are going to be insightful given that they are digital natives." Alex Castellanos, who served as a senior strategist for the presidential campaign of former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, and Jennifer Donahue, the political director for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, will also serve as fellows. Leach said the program is beneficial for the fellows because it allows them to take classes at the University, do research, and work with other campus groups during their...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vilsack To Serve as IOP Fellow at Harvard | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...hasn't completed another building in the U.S. until now. On June 22, his Stone Hill Center, a combination of galleries and art-conservation labs, opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, the superb small museum and art-study center in Williamstown, Mass. It's exactly what you would expect from him. It's pale, gray, serene, economical, subdued and, from most angles, pretty splendid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tadao Ando's Elegant Simplicity | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

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