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...Constitution were constantly worried that even in a republic fools could end up in control of the government. That might be the sort of elected officials who would chase issues that may be popular but are ultimately almost worthless in terms of helping the country, and, in the present case, the economy. Whether AIG employees got large bonuses, especially since they probably had contracts to guarantee the compensation, is irrelevant in the overall effort to turn the course of the recession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIG's Bailout and the Price of Doing Business | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...antibodies are there to begin with" - introduced via vaccine, for example - "they can prevent the infection," says Nussenzweig. "I think they could provide high-grade immunity if they were present in high-enough quantities before infection - but they'd have to be there beforehand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Approach to Designing the AIDS Vaccine | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...drinks water when they are supposedly drinking wine—feel oddly conspicuous.Such inconsistencies are quickly forgotten, however, in the midst of O’Gara’s complex and constantly changing stage pictures. Also thanks to O’Gara’s direction, the transitions between present and past throughout the play are clear and smoothly executed. In one moment, Clay and Kelly are talking to Mr. Hadid about the price of the dinner table, while in the next the audience is transported into the middle of their terrible Thanksgiving dinner.Despite the clarity of these temporal shifts...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'The Pain and the Itch' Satirizes Hypocrisy of White Liberals | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...that matter, only in certain subjects. The schools themselves are not separated, and students are still afforded normal social interaction with peers of the opposite sex. The subject material that male and female students cover in their respective courses is identical; the only difference is that single-sex classrooms present that material in a more palatable way for students entering the awkwardness of puberty. Considering these facts, applying what is in this case the irrelevant “separate is unequal” maxim to this particular method of single-sex education diminishes both the cause of gender equality...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: DISSENTING OPINION: Call Off the Gender Police | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...shrank to 9-8 on Bancroft’s second goal of the game. The Crimson would be held scoreless for the rest of the contest, and the Bears finished on a three-goal run to secure their first Ivy League win of the season. The statistics present a telling tale of the tape, as Harvard went 10-21 on clears and was outshot by the hosts, 19-35. “We didn’t take quality opportunities on offense, and we weren’t able to get the ball through the midfield to have that many...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Match to Brown in Lackluster Team Performance | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

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