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But at Harvard, where McNamara enjoyed a brief stint as a Business School professor and later often returned to expound on the lessons learned from his own failures, colleagues reflecting on his death earlier this week pointed to a more nuanced legacy—that of a tragic, repentant, and...

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

We've been here before. In December 2006, a government watchdog named 31 British publications, including tabloids and more respectable national newspapers, for working with private investigators to obtain personal information about members of the public. Indeed, using investigators is not illegal if the information they obtain is used in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Tabloid Shocker: Celeb Phones Hacked! | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

That temptation was addressed head-on in a keynote speech by Ed Diener, president of the International Positive Psychology Association. Diener pointed out that some of the most popular findings on happiness have not held up to further study, that researchers have begun to the record straight.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Happiness Turns 10. What Has It Taught? | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

On July 7, hotel staff members were seen taping up windows, and businesses were locking their employees inside in fear of further violence. A 38-year-old Han man surnamed Fu who has lived in Xinjiang all his life said he was accustomed to the discord. "We're used to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Deadly Riots, Ethnic Tensions Heat Up in Urumqi | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

Some families of the 152 victims, 66 of them French nationals, claim their relatives died as a result of sub-standard practices the airline uses once it's beyond the view of European inspectors (Efforts to contact Yemenia officials for comment this week were unsuccessful). The modern Airbus A330 that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

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