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Reading your report was like reading a list of the personality traits associated with each sign of the zodiac. Hitting upon one so-called truth (e.g., Leos are generous) does not make the whole concept true. As for using historical figures and celebrities to prove the theory, I'll bet that for every person who fits, there are 10 who don't. Life throws too many variables into the birth-order mix for there to be any hard-and-fast rules. Physical and mental disability, family finances, divorce - even looks and talent - play a part in the development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sibling Science | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

Percentage of teens who say they use instant-messaging (IMs) to express something they wouldn't say in person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...kids' privacy, brings them to Bishop's class each week. After Jonathan, 13, and Hana, 11, were born, Kitty says she felt socially isolated and even tried taking them to church. But they're all much more comfortable having rational discussions at the Humanist center. "I'm a person that doesn't believe in myths," Hana says. "I'd rather stick to the evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunday School for Atheists | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...state (as they certainly should and do). If, on the other hand, you’re perceived as pro-Israel (or pro-American, for that matter), then suddenly you have no right to free speech. It is so transparently cynical that I’m amazed that any reasonable person actually falls...

Author: By Alan M. Dershowitz | Title: The ‘Free Speech’ Agenda | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

...manage to balance everything pretty well.” Her roommate, Sarah E. Gross ’08, was less modest about Blattler’s time management skills, calling her “basically superhuman” and “the kind of person who can adapt to deal with any kind of challenge.” Her senior thesis explores a new way of measuring the geological record of the earth’s temperature. Blattler is one of “only a few people in the world” who can use the technique, said...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Counts 3 Rhodes Scholars | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

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