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...Kennedy years, he was almost perfect in his hard work and insightfulness. He was very, very sharp...but he lacked that human touch, he didn't acknowledge things that didn't come out of numerical displays," said Paul M. Doty, a member of President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee and the founder of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, with which McNamara had been closely affiliated for several years. "Later on, when he got into his repentance period, he became a softer and more gentle person. But he was very interesting to talk to all the way along...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Colleagues Reflect on McNamara's Career | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...also have a surprising lack of sidewalks, discouraging even the most eager pedestrians. Many roads are narrower than those in the North - where streets have wider shoulders to accommodate winter snow - and people who want to bike or jog find themselves uncomfortably close to traffic. (See pictures of the perfect steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Southerners So Fat? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...safe to say that after more than a decade honing his characters on television and in films, Baron Cohen is more than a comedian. He's the world's most famous performance artist, the inventor of a perfect hybrid of documentary and mockumentary, reality TV and psychodrama, Jackass and Andy Kaufman. When he gets the mixture just right, he creates situations of unbearable tension that at the same time turn out to be unbearably funny. For instance, at one point Brüno does a Madonna/Angelina, coming back from Africa with a baby. Then he appears as a guest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brüno's Sacha Baron Cohen: More Than a Comedian | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...intense than it was for the individual male who lost his job," says Pickman. Most experts agree that may be because wives feel powerless - both about the job loss as well as the family's future, since only the displaced husband can get himself a new job. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Men's Job Losses Mount, Wives Feel the Impact | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...Galapagos Islands have provided a perfect setting for the evolution of specialized seabirds, finches, and lizards. They are not, however, a naturally forgiving environment for human settlement. Only the relatively recent rise of tourism has brought fishermen and others to live here. Thus, one does not see the traditions and specific culture so critical to indigenous cultures on islands settled less recently, such as Hawaii...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Whose Islands Are They? | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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