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...consume the resources needed for the survival of our children. The goal of medicine should be to increase life expectancy in countries where it is far too short and to enhance the quality of life. A wholesale extension of the maximum human life-span would accelerate overpopulation and, ultimately, overwhelm the biosphere. JONATHAN A. FRIEDMAN Rochester, Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 11, 2002 | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...conflict," says a former finance executive. In the past couple of years, the risk-evaluation structures that had been put in place were compromised, the former executive asserts. Challenging Fastow's deals got Buy, who reported to Fastow, a ticket to corporate Siberia. Similarly, Fastow had the power to overwhelm potential whistle-blowers like Jordan Mintz, a former Enron attorney who told congressional panelists that he raised warnings about Fastow's potential conflicts of interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fastow Helped Enron Fall | 2/10/2002 | See Source »

...power of sexual experience, as both a realization of carnal desire and a manifestation of power, overwhelm Ba’al’s actions. Not even the resolve of his spiritually pure lover (played by Steven J. Sandvoss ’03) thwarts his demise...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brecht’s ‘Ba’al’ Lights Up the Loeb Ex | 2/1/2002 | See Source »

Harvard will look to overwhelm Princeton with its height. The Tigers have no one who can measure up to the 6’2 Peljto or 6’3 freshman center Reka Cserny, both of whom have notched 30-point games this month...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tigers Roll, Quakers Struggle Early | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...there on the penalty kill,” said Berenson, who was without two key defensemen in addition to leading scorer Mike Cammalleri. “We made some mistakes in our rotation and denying the shot. [Harvard’s] power play didn’t overwhelm but it was effective. That was the difference in the game...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Ties No. 9 Michigan | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

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