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...know what's interesting about that clip to me? It's really about me, it's not about other people. Like the story I tell Conan about the guy sitting next to me on the airplane when the Internet shuts down suddenly, and he says, "This is bulls---," and I go,"How can you be angry? People owe you something that existed a minute ago?" There wasn't anybody next to me on the plane, that was me. People don't talk to me on airplanes. [Laughs] Anytime you see a bit where some stranger does something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Louis C.K. | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...those who brought us here and have since slipped into hiding, an apology is just a start. But it's free, and it's right, and it's even empirically smart, whatever their pride and their lawyers may tell them. Most people file lawsuits out of anger, not greed. In states that passed "apology laws" that let doctors express regret when things go badly without having it thrown back at them in court, some hospitals have seen malpractice suits drop by half. Any marriage counselor can tell you that love means always having to say you're sorry. An apology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Art of Saying I'm Sorry | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

Although Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told congressional leaders on Tuesday that he learned of AIG's impending $160 million bonus payments to members of its troubled financial-products unit on March 10, sources tell TIME that the New York Federal Reserve informed Treasury staff that the payments were imminent on Feb. 28. That is 10 days before Treasury staffers say they first learned "full details" of the bonus plan, and three days before the Administration launched a new $30 billion infusion of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treasury Learned of AIG Bonuses Earlier Than Claimed | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...other hand, being a hermit is not the solution either.4. FM: The common perception is that when females say they go to Harvard, they are written off, whereas men are considered more attractive. In your opinion, why is that?AB: As a man who went to Harvard, I can tell you it didn’t do a hell of a lot for my dating life. Generally, the H-bomb, when it’s dropped, tends to change the interaction in some way. But at the same time, consider it a blessing. If somebody disqualifies himself from the outset...

Author: By Gulus Emre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Alex Benzer ’93 | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...name is an adaptation of the names of two tournaments called the “OGN StarLeague” and the “MBCGame StarLeague.” But, while this student-organized league aims to emulate its more established cousins across the pond, only time will tell whether the similarities will extend beyond a snappy initialism...

Author: By Christina J. Kelly | Title: A New Idea in College Sports | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

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