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...TURN OF THE SCREW...

Author: By S. JESSE Zwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game Over? | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...turn out right. What's the meaning of this annual discipline? Perhaps that the conservatism of John Roberts goes much deeper than mere politics. That he favors authority and tradition while distrusting reforms and revolutions because he believes in the ancient notion that it is human nature to screw things up. The image of the Supreme Court as a great righter of wrongs, ingrained among liberals by the stirring cases of the Warren Court--school desegregation; one man, one vote; right to counsel; and so on--has no power over a judge so rooted in the conservatism of the 18th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredibly Shrinking Court | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...here’s the scene. Here’s how I would block it.” He teaches by the principles of, “Here’s what they want you to do. Now go do something else! Now go screw it up! Or go make it more complicated, make it not make sense for a little while and see what that tells you about the piece.” So, it’s been fun to pull together my experiences as an actor and my experiences seeing other people direct in literal ways...

Author: By Scott A. Zuccarino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Rachel E. Flynn '09 | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...test can evaluate doctors' skills and how effectively those grades can predict future patient-complaint rates. According to the study's authors, when patients complain in the U.S. and Canada, it's most often about doctors? communication or attitude problems, rather than, say, quality-of-care issues or office screw-ups. And plenty of past studies have shown a link between lousy doctor communication and poor medical outcomes, such as inadequate care and malpractice suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Bedside Manners | 9/5/2007 | See Source »

...lighter than glass ones and therefore requiring less fossil fuel to transport. And Ontarians aren't the only ones ditching the glass bottle. A lot of this innovation comes from eco-forward Australians and New Zealanders, the same people who were early adopters of plastic corks and screw-top caps. More than half the wine in Australia is sold in boxes, although that country has yet to catch up to Chile, where more than 50% of wine--basically, anything that costs less than $25--is sold in juice box--style containers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: New Wine in Uh, Juice Boxes | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

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