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...another hour. But 10 minutes later, we were allowed to go back upstairs.” Anderson said that the smoke from the fire produced a strong odor on the floor. “There was a really gross smell,” she said. Currier House Co-Master and Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School Joseph L. Badaracco said that it is a standard procedure to evacuate an area when a fire alarm is triggered. “My understanding is that [Saturday night’s incident] was just a routine event...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Forgotten Food Finishes in Flames | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

Surely anyone with fingers in as many pies as Suze Orman--personal-finance guru, best-selling author, columnist, businesswoman and TV personality--must be a master multitasker, right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Staying Sharp: The Case for Doing One Thing at a Time | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...afternoon when I was 10 or so, I finished a 1,000-piece puzzle of the Milky Way and came to the realization that, puzzle-wise, I'd done all that I could do?meaning all that a normal child should ever wish to do. I realized that to master more difficult puzzles would be a sign not of desirable growth but of troubling compulsion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: What's So Great About Acuity? | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

Babies need to learn how to master new situations, but they also learn through repetition and thrive on predictability. "Having rituals, like bedtime and mealtime routines, brings order to babies' lives, which helps them organize their thinking," explains Tamis-LeMonda. Being able to anticipate future events as well as remember and create memories of past patterns fosters cognitive development. "Babies are very good at tracking statistical information in their environment," says Laura Schulz, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at M.I.T. "They're incredibly sensitive to human action and to intentional acts in the world. They watch what people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Sharp: Want a Brainier Baby? | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...spymuseum.org, she found a unique experience: the five-year-old facility is the only one in the world dedicated entirely to espionage, and features artifacts, interactive displays, films, video and historic photos. Exhibits show how to create and hide coded messages, tell the story of celebrity spies such as master chef Julia Child and Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich, and offer a glimpse of espionage in biblical times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Assets | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

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