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...turned 40 this summer, and you've witnessed essentially the entire history of hip-hop. What stands out? When I first heard hip-hop, in 1976, there were maybe only 500 people that could do it. Now you got 5 million people. First it was about partying and fun. Then it went to a way to express oneself without having to physically express it. Then after a while, hip-hop became more socially conscious. Then it went to the celebrity [phase]. And now we're in a state where it's unbalanced. A lot of artists don't necessarily have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The RZA on The Tao of Wu | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

Such long-range attacks don’t materialize out of spontaneous witticism. Geoff described the summer of background reading, learning everything there is to know about the nuclear issue, and then as school got closer, beginning to zero in on specific arguments, searching for large quotes from obscure magazines, piecing the quotes together to make the case, then organizing them in files and sharing them among the team...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Date With Debate | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...Emerson 105, Wilson and Maybank spoke about the obstacles they faced as women in business, stressing the importance of finding strong mentors.Alexandra D. Daum ’10, a former Crimson business executive, spent the summer working at Gilt Groupe in New York as a merchandising assistant...

Author: By Kylie S. Gleason, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Guilt-Free Shopping | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...Reid's staff have been working for two weeks to match up the Finance bill with one passed earlier this summer by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and to resolve second- and third-tier issues, such as administrative streamlining, preventive measures and reinsurance. Over the next two weeks they will finish merging the two measures and begin counting votes on some of the hundreds of amendments expected to be filed. Some losing proposals will have to be raised, debated and then defeated before winning provisions are adopted. For example, 30 members advised Reid last week that the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Turns to Harry Reid After Key Vote | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

...obviously haven't got out of that work ethic. You wrote your autobiography in record time.
 
Last summer when I left office a lot of publishers asked if I'd write my autobiography and I said, 'Yeah, I'd like to do that, but don't ask me when.' Then exactly a year ago I fell downstairs and smashed my ankle badly. I was a lousy patient. It was bad enough not being Taoiseach and now to be told that now I had to hang around with a cast and crutches. So I got a notebook and started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

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