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...House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would cut interest rates on need-based student loans in half over the next five years. The College Student Relief Act of 2007, which would lower the interest rate from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent, was among the top legislative priorities for the new Democrats-led Congress in its first 100 legislative hours. The bill must still be approved by the Senate and signed by the president before it can become law. Though the legislation promises to have a wide impact nationally, it will affect Harvard students far less than it will...
...movie that does not leave us awash in tears, but one that encourages us to think about what a close-run race the "Pursuit of Happyness" (oh, sorry, happiness) is, how often, the runner flirts with its opposite. We do not leave The Italian beaming. We leave it with relief, but with an ashen taste in our mouths, in our souls. Yes, Vanya emerges from his travels and travails OK. But we can't help think that in the hopeless world he inhabits, there may be worse to come...
Still unclear is how the body goes from having repeated activation of the stress response to showing the typically blunted cortisol levels of someone suffering from burnout. "We are still studying this," says Samuel Melamed of Tel Aviv University in Israel. "But if there is no relief and the cortisol stays up for long periods of time, the body stops responding and readjusts the level...
...government responded by introducing subsidies in 2005 and then drafting a new set of tax credits to kick in this year. With relief in sight, the movie money started rolling back in. "What's surprising is the speed at which the industry's bounced back," says John Woodward, the Film Council's CEO. "But if you can build confidence and persuade the financing community that, going forward, things are going to be stable, you're in a good position." Hollywood already adores Brits: Helen Mirren and Sacha Baron Cohen picked up top awards at Monday's Golden Globes, while...
...Prime Minister reacted with gentlemanly relief, praising the outgoing Chief of Staff as "brave and courageous" even though Halutz was the strategist behind Israel's ill-conceived summer war in Lebanon, since which the public had been clamoring for his ouster. Ministerial sources told TIME that Halutz tendered his resignation to Olmert on Sunday but didn't bother informing his immediate superior, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, until late Tuesday night. Peretz's office promised secrecy to allow Halutz time to break the news to his troops, but then immediately leaked the news...