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Aid experts say the huge disparity is because most diarrhea victims are poor children - invisible to politicians - and because diarrhea itself makes people squeamish. As TIME pointed out in an international cover story three years ago, celebrities don't hold concerts for diarrhea. "Compared with malaria and AIDS, we are...
Mournfully, Kirtzman tells the story of Harry Markopolos, a flawed whistle-blower who tracked Madoff's misdeeds for almost a decade. An eccentric math genius, Markopolos waved his findings in the face of the SEC--he gave them a pointed memo in 2005 that was titled "The World's Largest...
The President got pointed questions when he called on members of the audience, none of whom appeared to have been prescreened. Randy Rathie from far-off Ekalaka, Mont., introduced himself as a "proud NRA member" who gets his news from the cable channels, and said he had heard a lot...
I know I wrote a glowing review of my Giants experience and I still stand by everything I wrote. The Giants are good, the stadium is great, and the fans are all right. Also, as my mom pointed out to me after the game, the game I had gone to...
3. On why corporal punishment is still condoned: "Educators, who face the difficult task of maintaining order in the classroom, may resort to corporal punishment because it is quick to administer, or because the school lacks resources and training for alternative methods of discipline. One teacher pointed out that corporal...