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...constructing again the identities that we present for public consumption via facebook.com and MySpace. For many, the motivation seems to be to create an identity that appears more complex, serious, or just more likable than the real person behind the curtain. After all, when people quote John Stuart Mill in their profiles, list “The Art of War” as one of their favorite books, or oh-so-subtly write things like, “I’m a very complex person,” in their profiles, does anyone really believe them...

Author: By Ashton R. Lattimore | Title: Generation I | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

...intensity of interest from Washington has been another wake-up. Although individuals generally must have at least $1 million in total net worth to invest in a hedge fund, regulators and Congress are sharpening their focus on the largely unwatched vehicles as more run-of-the-mill people become involved through pensions. "Tens of millions of Americans may be unwittingly exposed," wrote the Senate Finance Committee's Charles Grassley last month in a letter to regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to raise the $1 million threshold for individual investors, and is also working on requiring hedge funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello, Hedge Funds | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...Scientist, Miller, who is currently a professor of pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School, predicted by 2056 “the first class of centenarians who are as vigorous and productive as today’s run-of-the-mill sexagenarians...

Author: By Shoshana S. Tell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Profs Peer Into Crystal Balls | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

Langguth details the construction of the country with impeccable detail, but his prose never borders on the tedious. He avoids the run-of-the-mill history lesson by inserting various anecdotes about America’s founding fathers...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The War That Assured Independence | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...night calls for a crosswalk at the intersection of Mount Auburn and DeWolfe streets, near Tommy’s Value and Daedalus Restaurant, where an undergraduate, Madeline I. Shapiro ’09, was hit by a car Wednesday. The council sought another crosswalk at the intersection of DeWolfe, Mill, and Grant streets outside of Leverett Towers. “[I]t is only a matter of time before someone is hit” there, the resolution read. UC Treasurer Benjamin W. Milder ’08 said that council members will meet on Nov. 29 with the College Safety...

Author: By Rachel Banks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC: River Residents Face Mean Streets | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

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