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...Schröder's credo is "politics should be all about putting the finger on the sore spot," even if that means antagonizing your friends. Since the youngster from Berlin, like many of her party's rank and file, is an uncompromising conservationist and anti-militarist, the first target of her criticism has not been the political opposition but the top brass of her own party, whom she feels have betrayed the ideals of the past. "Green politics no longer has anything in common with the original platform," she complains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Lose Friends and Influence People | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Slightly different formulas are used for each type of graduate school. The magazine typically will makes changes from year to year in the criteria it uses to rank schools, leading it to caution using year-to-year variations in school's ranking...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grad Schools Top U.S. News Study | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...fantasy league players, Opening Day begins a new season of rank hypocrisy for general manager wannabes. Suddenly, it doesn't matter if the home-team loses--as long as your fantasy ace is on the mound against them...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Play Ball | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

While the rank and file of the N.L.A. may be a ragtag group, its leadership probably is not. It is widely assumed by diplomats and local Albanian leaders that the top commanders--operating under names like "Cobra" and "The Beard"--include men who battled Serb units in 1998 and 1999 with the Kosovo Liberation Army. Significantly, ex-K.L.A. commanders in Kosovo have declined to condemn the insurgency, and a radical Kosovo leader last week claimed solidarity with the new group. Moreover, the hit-and-run attacks on police outposts closely resemble K.L.A. tactics during the Kosovo conflict. The guerrillas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebel Hell | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...fantasy league players, Opening Day begins a new season of rank hypocrisy for general manager wannabes. Suddenly, it doesn't matter if the home-team loses--as long as your fantasy ace is on the mound against them...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Play Ball | 4/1/2001 | See Source »

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