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Attempting to have a social life at Harvard is a tricky business. Going out on campus on weekends, the questions always nag. Am I having a good time? Am I having a better time than that geeky kid in my section who never washes his socks? And if I am fun by Harvard standards, does that mean that I would be more fun than, say, an eggplant by the standards of any other school...

Author: By Joelle Hobeika, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What Did You Do Last Weekend? | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

...year-old son was captivated by your article. Thank you for enlightening my child. Now when I nag him for the umpteenth time to take out the garbage, I can see him replying, "Gee, Mom, I just don't have the motivation; it must be my immature nucleus accumbens." Sandy Bartell Bellevue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/21/2004 | See Source »

...year-old son was captivated by your article. Thank you for enlightening my child. Now when I nag him for the umpteenth time to take out the garbage, I can see him replying, "Gee, Mom, I just don't have the motivation. It must be my immature nucleus accumbens." SANDY BARTELL Bellevue, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 2004 | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...Today Gnosticism is the object of renewed interest among scholars, owing largely to the publication of a remarkable library of Gnostic scriptures. Known as the Nag Hammadi Codices, for the town in southern Egypt near the site of their discovery, the library consists of twelve 4th century papyrus books containing texts that are thought to have been translated from the original Greek into Egypt's ancient Coptic language ... The Nag Hammadi texts are already adding new fuel to a long-standing debate over the relationship between Gnosticism and early Christianity. Scholars have long believed that some New Testament passages attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...love allowances! Unfortunately, only about 50% of families today in the U.S. actively use an allowance. I think that allowances are one of the great secrets in teaching and training young people to have healthy financial habits and boundaries. It's one of the best tools for minimizing the nag factor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars And Sense | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

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