Word: socialism
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...willing and able directors. He says it's harder today to find people to serve on corporate boards, in part because Sarbanes-Oxley has increased the work that board members must do. But Bliss says the biggest thing that keeps people from serving on a bank board is the social risk. "No one wants to be seen as part of the group that is handing out bonuses," says Bliss. "Not something you want to have to talk about at a party...
Friends posting farewell messages on Cosby’s Facebook profile paid tribute to the amateur basketball player as a strong presence in their social circle who always had a smile on his face...
Jenny Zhang ’10 is a social studies concentrator in Cabot House and a researcher for the Soldier Testimony Project of the Harvard College Advocates for Human Rights...
...rather than face another day at school. It's unclear who was told what and when - or whether the schools could have done anything to prevent the deaths. But the cases have highlighted the continuing problem, in an age when children can torment one another via text messages and social-networking sites, of old-fashioned name-calling and physical bullying in school hallways and on playgrounds across the country...
That's not surprising for a disorder as complex as autism - actually, a spectrum of developmental disorders involving impairment in language, social behavior and certain physical behaviors - with symptoms that range widely in number and severity. So far, studies have linked a handful of genes, all of which play a role in the way nerve cells connect and communicate, with autism spectrum disorders. It's likely not only that a large number of genes contribute to the disorder, but also that a different combination of genes - as well as unique interactions between genes and environment - are responsible for each individual...