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Diversity and Distinction continued to print one or two advertisements in each issue in a weak parody of the layout of a healthy publication. The magazine was no longer receiving any money for the advertisements, which were usually dated, so they were included purely for appearance’s sake...

Author: By Diane J. Choi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Endangered Harvard Species | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...Earlier in the meeting, professors voted overwhelmingly to reaffirm the College’s mission to offer a liberal arts education, redefining it as “an education conducted in a spirit of inquiry rewarding in its own sake...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt and Alexandra Hiatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Professors Turn Down Requiring History | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...people in my department didn't have children," he says. "I don't think they understood the importance. I was unable to take any holidays after the birth of my son." Others point to the old Asian culture of networking, in which deals are done over endless cups of sake and soju. "I really thought I'd be the kind of father who spends a lot of time with his kids," sighs Ahn Chan, an office worker in Seoul. But, come evening, he feels obliged to drink with colleagues and clients, and hardly sees his 4-year-old. "Sometimes when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dads' Dilemma | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Media images like this may be contrived, but behind them lies the truth that's the salvation of many overworked fathers: namely, men who play a fuller role at home often find it energizing and cheering rather than an additional cause of exhaustion. For his children's sake, Masato Yamada took a year off from his job at Japan's Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and was so delighted with the experience that he wrote a book: METI Assistant Manager Yamada is Currently on Paternity Leave. "Many people take their jobs very seriously-to the degree that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dads' Dilemma | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...long after its expiration, the limp, poisoned body slavered over in many a Playboy centerfold was packed into a freezer to await a court decision over its final resting place. Her mother wanted her buried in Texas for the sake of convenience; her five-month-old child’s guardian wanted her buried in the Bahamas...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: A Model Death | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

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