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...after all, not money but the movement of money that produces more money. Deeper pockets across the country mean more that can be spent by consumers. In any case, during the past eight years we have been redistributing wealth - from our kids, and theirs, to the upper few percent on the economic ladder with little or none trickling down to the common man the GOP purports to speak for. Dan Thompson, Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...sort the wheat from the chaff on all the other sites. They filter out the stories you can ignore, and they aggregate the ones they think you should read. Some have computer algorithms to do their sorting, while others induce readers themselves to do the heavy lifting. Sixty-three percent of those who enjoyed a story about cannibalism in suburban Paris, it turns out, recommend another story about werewolves in Rio de Janeiro. Hey, better check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Many Blogs Does the World Need? | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson shot 36.1 percent from the field and 37.5 percent behind the arc.Finelli shot three of the nine three-pointers Harvard posted, while freshman Brogan Berry and Tay tacked on two more apiece...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Ladies Overpower Holy Cross, 73-57 | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Eggan said in a Sever Hall presentation. He focused on his own research, examining the pathology of spinal muscular atrophy. According to Eggan, “by the time people are sick, a lot of the disease process is already over.” For example, 80 to 90 percent of the relevant brain cells in Parkinson’s Disease have died before the patient begins to exhibit severe symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the full progression of a disease, especially in its early stages to find a cure. “We can use stem cells...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eggan Addresses Stem Cell Uses | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...policy seeks to establish socioeconomic diversity at all Cambridge schools. In keeping with the program, the school district has required that each kindergarten class reflect the demographics of the entire incoming student population—which is determined by enrollment numbers in previous years—with a ten percent variance factor. Justin Martin, director of the Cambridge Schools public information office, explained the program’s former standard by giving the example that if 60 percent of a kindergarten class received free or reduced price lunches this year, it would be acceptable for 50 to 70 percent...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach and Adeline S. Rolnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Schools Change Quota Rules | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

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