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...attention to cancer trends, and the trend has been encouraging," says Dr. Richard Schilsky, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. "But we have forgotten that there is a big wide world out there. Cancer is a global problem." (See pictures of Cancer survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite US Drop, Cancer Rates Grow Worldwide | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...looking forward to his taking a central role at Harvard in a field in which Harvard has traditionally shown intellectual leadership, from Richard Musgrave, the father of modern public finance, to Marty Feldstein to Larry Summers to David Cutler and now to Raj Chetty,” Stock wrote...

Author: By Weiqi Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chetty Accepts Tenure Offer | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...while working as a mechanical engineer in Philadelphia, Richard James saw a torsion spring fall off his desk and tumble end over end across the floor. "I think I can make a toy out of this," he later said. Two years afterward, all 400 of the toy's first run sold in 90 minutes--launching the Slinky craze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betty James | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...Richard dramatically abandoned both business and family to join a religious cult in Bolivia, leaving Betty behind with six kids and a floundering business. For the next 38 years, Betty carefully ran the company, finally selling it off when she reached 80. She was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betty James | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...MBTA plans to allow customers to provide feedback online and via surveys that will be available on cards in the new trains. Congestion has steadily increased on the T as ridership has risen 5.5 percent this year, according to information released by the MBTA last week. Red Line patron Richard F. Days said he has experienced the crowding first hand. “I felt like a sardine,” he said of an experience last summer on the T. Mary C. Roche, another T rider, said she has experienced packed T cars as well but still expressed...

Author: By Ellen X. Yan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Line To Run Cars Without Seats | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

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