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...first women’s basketball game: that I, a sports fan once and for all, won’t ever be able to separate myself from the personalities, the excitement, and the stories that make sports great. Just like my mother, who insists on being told whom to root for whenever a sporting event is on in my home, I find it difficult to watch a game—especially a Harvard game—without my allegiances shining through. Every game I’ve covered for The Crimson has been an exercise in maintaining neutrality, in walking...
...talk a bit in the book about the underlying causes of the financial crisis. You blame the overreaching of American consumers - their greed, in fact - as being one of the root causes of this. I don't think there's any question about it. I think you take it all the way up the line: the guy who is barely scraping by decides he's going to get a $400,000 mortgage; the mortgage broker who knows good and well that the mortgage isn't a suitable one but who passed it up the line to Wall Street; the ratings...
...yeah, I always have. I always want them to get all the words right. I think that's a lot of the fun of the spelling bee - you root for everybody. And I try to make it clear to the spellers that I'm there to give them absolutely every possible thing that I can to help them - within some limits...
...ironic that Sikhism, the dominant religion of the state, was born in the 15th century with a promise of equality for all genders, classes and castes, since a growing inequality among its followers is causing so much unrest. "The social milieu is lacking equality," says Ram. "That is the root of the problem." (See photos of India's slumdog entrepreneurs...
...Bianchi notes that melatonin, valerian root and rose hips are all on the FDA's list "Generally Regarded As Safe," or GRAS, right alongside sugar and salt. "Anything to excess is going to be bad for you," Bianchi says. "I can sleep at night with confidence that our consumers can enjoy and be fine with the product." The CEO says no one has complained of Drank side effects. For DiPersio, however, GRAS isn't good enough. "Just because something is on the GRAS list doesn't mean the product is definitely safe," he says. "You don't know the source...