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...Introduction to capitalism taught by textbook tycoon and Feldstein heir N. Gregory “Greg” Mankiw and a legion of teaching fellows. Usually the most popular (or at least most taken) class at Harvard. 2. If you’d prefer to not offend your liberal sensibilities, take Social Analysis...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvardisms: Learning The Lingo | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

...knew this setup would offend a lot of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 4, 2006 | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...continual embrace of President Bush - both literal and figurative - was an insult to Democrats, the great majority of whom believe Bush has governed as one of the most destructive Presidents in modern American history. It's almost as though Lieberman has gone out of his way to provoke and offend Democrats on every point possible, often, seemingly, purely for the reason of provoking. Is it any wonder the guy got whacked in a party primary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lieberman Lost the Old-Fashioned Way | 8/9/2006 | See Source »

...know how a lot of Jewish performers change their names so they don't offend anyone with all that Jewishness? Emmanuel Goldberg changed his name to Edward G. Robinson, and Jonathan Leibowitz threw us all off the trail with Jon Stewart. How about if all the rest of the Jews do that too? I'm considering Joe Crockett. I also like the sound of Johnny Slayer. Plus, coming up with 14 million new names will be a kind of WPA project for all the Jewish writers. Because we have to back off the controlling-the-media thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maybe We Should Just Make Mel Happy | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...just last month, Russian officials refused to participate in a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, sponsored by the International Energy Agency (iea), which discussed diversifying energy sources, and put pressure on other delegates from Western Europe not to participate either, or at least not to say anything that might offend Russia. "People were jittery," according to one person who attended. Resources Behavior like that does not go down well in the U.S. In a speech in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius in May that provoked a furious reaction in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney warned Moscow against using energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crude Power | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

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