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...surprisingly, not all Harvard students seem to measure up.With a perfect score on his SATs and a varsity letter from one of Harvard’s most competitive sports, then-freshman “James,” also granted anonymity, said sperm donation seemed like a lucrative option. After hearing about Cryobank from a friend, James decided to give it a whirl. “It’s only a five minute walk there and a five minute walk back. You are in there for 10 minutes,” he says. “I figured three...

Author: By John F. Pararas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All in a Day’s Work | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...something about it. Via Christi provided Kansans with some $30 million in charity care and $33 million in unpaid Medicaid services this year. Conlin says Via Christi can no longer afford those costs if it keeps losing money to the new guys. "We're left with no option," says Conlin, "but to set a limit on how much of this kind of work we're going to do. Only then will we have a public conversation about the issues this phenomenon raises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hospital Wars | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Students are now in the uncomfortable position of having to make a decision without the relevant cost information. The only reasonable option for those who both care about the environment and about sensible college finances is abstention. It should be noted that the result will inevitably be skewed by the fact that yesterday—the first day of voting—online ballots did not allow students to abstain from the EAC referendum if they chose to vote in the UC Presidential election. In response to a complaint, the Election Commission has now addressed the problem, though the ballot...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine and Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Green—And Naïve | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...years of self-defeating bickering among its various parties. Rosales' brief concession speech suggested the opposition may have resolved to accept that Chavez won't be ousted any time soon, and to instead take the long view and strengthen their movement through grassroots organizational work - a counterintuitive option for a movement that has its origins in two parties of the political and economic elite that had maintained a lock on power for 40 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela's Opposition Concedes: Chavez Is Here to Stay | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...food figuring that he will likely want to eat some of it by the time he sits down. What a great strategy! Although he ends up throwing away 90 percent of his food, at least he has the foresight to put himself in a position where has the option to eat it should he have any unexpected cravings. If you want to find him to congratulate him on his award, just look for the guy who takes five blueberry muffins and only eats the tops off of them...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: First Annual HUDSIE Awards | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

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