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...thought we would succeed quicker than we did, and I am disappointed by the pace of success." PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, at a press conference with chief Iraq-war ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair, answering a question about whether he would acknowledge his failures and change course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Dec. 18, 2006 | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...helps to play men a lot faster and stronger than us—guys play at a lot higher level,” sophomore forward Katie Rollins said. “The coaches want us to play up there by being a lot more physical and quicker just as they are.”The scout team, as it functions in any sport, works to mimic what Harvard will face in its coming game. As a result, the scout team is a touted opponent, but the women’s squad also looks to them as role models, with Puchtel...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crossing Over: The Scout Team Ballers | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...editor, spent last year in Guatemala after Hurricane Stan ravaged his home country. During his time off, he started a project to aid Guatemalans farming shrimp and embarked on a journey mirroring that taken by migrant workers from Guatemala.On the campaign trail De Beausset appears soft-spoken and humble, quicker to play up Anene’s accomplishments than his own.CULTURE OF COLLABORATIONThe two running mates interacted long before they sought to tackle textbook costs through the UC. The Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrators participated in the First-Year Urban Program, lived in Matthews Hall, and rowed (and quit...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak and Shoshana S. Tell, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Anene Urges Diversity on Council | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

Pause. Sometimes in a shopping frenzy you'll be operating at high speed. You grab some clothes, try them on (or not), maneuver your way to the shortest line at checkout. The quicker you get it done, the quicker you can pretend it didn't happen. So pause. Take a deep breath. Ask the opinion of the person in the next dressing room. Go to the bathroom if you can't think of anything else. What you're really doing is putting a little space between yourself and this purchase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Aren't Richer | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...pretty much equal. Whether you're eaten by a lion or drowned in a river, your time on the savanna is over. That's not the way humans see things. The more pain or suffering something causes, the more we tend to fear it; the cleaner or at least quicker the death, the less it troubles us. "We dread anything that poses a greater risk for cancer more than the things that injure us in a traditional way, like an auto crash," says Slovic. "That's the dread factor." In other words, the more we dread, the more anxious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Americans Are Living Dangerously | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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