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...tours, authors do have some say as to where they’d like to go. Invariably, bookstores, aiming for variety and depth in a series and confronted with more books than can possibly fit into the season’s schedule, must make difficult decisions in order to select only the most notable choices. Here are some highlights of the fall season. For more information, please contact the bookstore directly...

Author: By Amy W. Lai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Readings in the Square: Fall Highlights | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...when I first arrived in Japan, an American teacher of English in Kyoto told me that when she asked her students to choose an adjective with which to describe themselves, she had to ban the use of the word "cheerful," or else every girl in class would select it. Accentuating the positive is an article of faith here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's a Polite Word for Depression? | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...even more democratic is that many of these stations are run by amateurs who have nothing better to do with their time than share their musical wisdom with the world. Even if you've never wielded a microphone, you can set up your own Live365.com channel. You can select the option to apply for a station on the site, free, and upload MP3s containing as many songs as you want. You can replace old MP3s with new ones to keep the flow of music fresh, or allow the same selections to repeat ad infinitum. Laws designed to ensure that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet Radio: Radio Active | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

Summers must also select deans for the Graduate School of Education and the Divinity School and will immediately step into the sometime contentious tenure process, in which he will he holds final...

Author: By David H. Gellis, Garrett M. Graff, and Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: While You Were Gone... | 9/11/2001 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania Avenue. The hope is that the Justice Department will shutter the three-member Independent Review Board, which monitors the union for fraud. Hoffa, who gets to choose one board member, has opted for G.O.P.-friendly lawyer Joe DiGenova. The Administration picks the other, and the two members select the third. Hoffa's move is likely to appease skeptical Republicans if the watchdog group says the Teamsters are clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Working A Double Shift | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

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