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...with 4 home runs, and in all, he has smacked 16 home runs over an 8-year career. "It's nice to have that type of bat," notes Towers. "I don't say that loosely. If you have that type of bat, you don't have to double switch in a close game, because this guy can do as much damage as anyone coming off your bench. It allows him to stay deep into games and give your bullpen a bit of a breather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Reasons the Cubs Will Win the Series | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...Some 20% of these anti-al-Qaeda groups - many of whom had been insurgents paid by the U.S to switch sides - will be incorporated into the Iraqi security forces. The rest will be given civilian jobs or training in a bid to help reintegrate them into the general population. But it won't be that simple: after years of vicious sectarian violence, many Sunni Arab patrol members fear retribution from the government; and indeed, some government officials consider the SOIs as little more than thugs and murderers. And as is so often the case in Iraq, the U.S is being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disbanding the Sunni Patrols: A Backlash Brewing? | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

According to the e-mail, there will be more discussion about whether any current students will be allowed to switch over to the pass-fail system. Kagan said she would hold a "town hall" meeting in early October to consider the issue further...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvard Law School Adopts Pass-Fail Grading System | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...proliferation and pruning - are those in the back of the brain that mediate direct contact with the environment by controlling such sensory functions as vision, hearing, touch and spatial processing. Next are areas that coordinate those functions: the part of the brain that helps you know where the light switch is in your bathroom even if you can't see it in the middle of the night. The very last part of the brain to be pruned and shaped to its adult dimensions is the prefrontal cortex, home of the so-called executive functions - planning, setting priorities, organizing thoughts, suppressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Teens Tick | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...logged into my Facebook, and it looked terrible. It looked like a tundra,” he said of the new interface, which is significantly wider and bluer. In the early stages of its launch, Facebook users were able to opt in and out of the new layout. The switch became mandatory and permanent last week.Chief among Bethel’s many complaints was the amount of work he suddenly had to do in order to navigate the Web site. “I had to drag from one corner to another to get from Facebook notes to my profile...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Facebook Redesign Leaves Users Perplexed | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

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