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And yet, despite its excesses, the CSAT is compellingly meritocratic. Rich students and poor students alike get to compete for the same lucrative prize and are judged by the same measure. The best example of this is the South Korean president, Lee Myung-Bak. Lee grew up as the penniless...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Testing Up | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

That appears to be the lesson from the studio estimates issued on July 13 for the weekend box office. Brüno, the Sacha Baron Cohen docu-comedy in which an Austrian fashion journalist shoves his flamboyant gayness in the faces and other body parts of unsuspecting Americans, won the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Brüno a One-Day Wonder? | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

France • tourists from are rated the world's worst

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

"Looking long-term, places like New York and Massachusetts could have some pressure, even though they are relatively highly rated and have passed budgets for this year," says John Miller, chief investment officer of Nuveen Asset Management, which runs, among other things, municipal-bond funds. "Those are areas where obligations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After California: Which States Are in the Most Peril? | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

This effect can also occur when experiments are more open-ended. The authors cite a 1991 study in which participants were asked to recall either six or 12 examples of instances when they behaved assertively. "Paradoxically," the authors write, "those in the 12-example condition rated themselves as less assertive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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