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...lagging products shouldn't expect a rebound anytime soon. The back-to-basics movement is here to stay. "There's an interesting psychological effect happening right now," says DeMott. "It's permeating every consumer segment. People think they have to hunker down, no matter what their socioeconomic status." So start stocking your shelves. We're now a country of cocooners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...tends to be less organized; a free-site user would have to spend more time searching for the desired material. Maybe a user of a free site wouldn’t be able to get the same variety of choices. On the flipside, a paid service has problems too, starting with the fact that a consumer has to pay for it, which costs money. Also, paying creates a billing trail, records being kept of the fact that a given customer paid for this material, and a person may prefer that there be no such records. So there are these special...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions with Benjamin G. Edelman '02 | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...united by the democratizing bond of Harvard Time, which, in its infallible and infinite wisdom, decrees that classes start seven minutes after they’re actually slated to begin. This may not make any kind of sense, but it’s awesome. Harvard Time is a kind of communion that washes away our tardiness; unlike Gen Ed, it teaches us a very important lesson: our time is far more important than anyone else’s. And that goes doubly for tenured professors...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Off Harvard Time | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...Himler added. Harvard appeared to have no trouble shaking off the rust in its first action in about four months, as the Crimson ended the first of two full round robins among the eight competing teams on day one of the regatta with a 6-1 record. This quick start propelled Harvard into the gold round robin on day two, where, along with the Hawks from Roger Williams, the two schools easily showed themselves to be the class of the field. Boston College finished the gold round robin with an 11-12 record, while Tufts took fourth overall with...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Places Second in First Race of Semester | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...unable to make it in their lives." Almost everything, says Roy, depends on an individual child and how he or she matures after the spotlight shines elsewhere. The problems begin almost immediately. "When a slum child becomes famous and comes into money," says Roy, "all sorts of relatives start coming out of the woodwork and laying claims on the money and alleging all sorts of things." To that end, the Salaam Baalak Trust tries to ensure that resources and efforts are spent on education. It also has under its care a boy named Salim who played the role of Jamal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Happen to Slumdog's Child Stars? | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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