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...Mind-opening as JNU would prove to be, Banaji never finished her study there. “There are few occasions in one’s life when a course of action presents itself with such clarity that there is nothing to do but pursue it,” she wrote in her Guggenheim biography. While she was on the train home from New Delhi for the holidays, Banaji purchased five volumes of the Handbook of Social Psychology edited by Lindzey and Aronson, for five dollars, lured not so much by the books’ content as by their...
...uncles swearing off things I know they couldn’t possibly live without. Resolutions are tricky things—it’s not easy to find a goal that you can work toward for an entire year that you can also actually achieve. Too many resolutions also prove too abstract to measure, leaving their maker with an unfinished feeling...
...stimulus spending will come in the form of tax cuts - the preference of Republicans - including rebates for individuals and business investment. That disclosure has already sparked grumbling among more liberal Democratic activists. Some parts of the stimulus package, like a possible extension of unemployment benefits, will prove to be politically popular. But a large chunk of the spending will come in the form of federally funded infrastructure investment, the sort of spending that is typically doled out by powerful lawmakers, often to their home districts, in exchange for political favors - what most of America calls political pork...
...It’s a huge game for us in that we’ve been able to come back from that game,” Finelli said. “[UCSB] plays in a big conference, and it’s a big confidence builder for us to prove that we can play with some really talented teams out here.” The thrilling ending masked some ugly second-half shooting numbers in the Crimson box score. After shooting well in the first half (44 percent), Harvard connected on just 8-of-34 attempts from the field?...
...Securities Investors Protection Corporation, which was set up for just such fraudulent behavior among securities brokers. It's unclear how much money SIPC has for victims, and payouts are notoriously slow. But there are reports it may offer between $100,000 to $500,000 per victim, provided one can prove they were part of Madoff's madness - no small task for those who lost money through feeder funds. SIPC's website says Madoff recovery forms will be available before January 9, 2009. (See pictures of the top 10 scared traders...