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...Archbishop's office is arguably ill-equipped for that challenge. A job sometimes described as "first among equals" now looks more like lion-tamer-minus-whip. Some think Williams should step back and let the rift happen. "No one is up to this, however gifted they may be," says Chris Sugden, executive secretary of the group Anglican Mainstream. Then again, Mainstream is a very conservative group that might prefer an immediate split; and if the Communion disintegrates, it is not Sugden who could be known forever as its last Archbishop of Canterbury. Says Bishop Idris Jones, Primate of the Scottish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Grace | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...states to agree to a demanding set of standards for K-12 education. Right now, according to an analysis by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, only nine states earn a B-minus or above for what they teach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Candidates to School | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...Holocaust studies, there is a school of thought that says to explain is to forgive. I won't go that far. But we must stop explaining killers on their terms. Minus the clear context of narcissism, the biographical details of these men can begin to look like a plausible chain of cause and effect--especially to other narcissists. And they don't need any more encouragement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's All About Him | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...seriously the professor who doesn’t bother to show up to class, the administration’s efforts to “stop” underage drinking, or the kid in your dining hall who talks to himself and wears shorts when it’s minus five outside...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Really? I Have to Pay For This? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...you’ll probably catch an STD at one of Currier’s sweaty filthy parties in its various living rooms—most Currierites seem to.DUNSTER: Let’s be honest, generally Dunster kinda bites. But crappy housing and Quad-like distance from the Yard (minus the Quad-like parties) at least makes for good house dynamics, if not commiserative bonding. Rumor always has it that Dunster’s masters, the Porters, are the reason Funster is so unfun. If the rumor isn’t true, Dunsterites really have no excuse.ELIOT: Eliot is home...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 2010: You Got Housed! | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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