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...office, paging through a report of overnight news prepared by her press secretary, Bernard Ingham. She looks through the Financial Times, but generally only skims the other papers. In fact, Thatcher makes it a rule to skip nasty stories about herself. "You start to see your name and, if you know it's going to be horrid, then stop," she once said. "During the day, you have to take your decisions and concentrate your mind, and you can't if something is really hurtful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thatcher Triumphant | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

...baby, I’m looking for an i-banking job, but I’d rather land a u-banging position any day. 2.) You go to Harvard? Me too! Let’s skip section and go make some double-legacy children. 3.) Hi, I’m concentrating in Human Evolutionary Biology, and I need to do you for thesis research. It’s a requirement. 4.) I lost my swipe card in Lamont, but can I still check you out? 5.) You need me in your sample size to prove with 95 percent confidence that...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 "Unmentionables:" Harvard Pick-Up Lines | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

More than 50 years ago, the historian Richard Hofstadter compared third parties to bees. They inject a new perspective into the political mainstream, and then they die. If Michael Bloomberg runs for President, he'll skip the first step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bloomberg Delusion | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...election in which the winner takes all of the 57 delegates at stake, and one in which-unlike contests in New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina-only Republicans will be allowed to vote. And for the first time, none of the four top GOP contenders can afford to skip the race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP Fight Comes Down to Florida | 1/20/2008 | See Source »

...23rd time in 25 years, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will skip its January meeting, delaying discussion of a revamped course evaluation system. The proposed changes to the Q Evaluations would allow students to receive grades earlier and require evaluations for all classes with more than five students, among other modifications. Discussion of the Q will now be pushed back to the next scheduled meeting on Feb. 12 in light of the decision by the Faculty Council, the 18-member governing body of FAS, to cancel the January meeting. FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said he was unconcerned...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FAS Delays Discussion of Q | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

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