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...pretty much dead set that someone is going to be embarrassed by the end of the show. And if someone really clams up, I just keep talking. I try and help them. It doesn't happen as often as you think cause if you make people comfortable they tend to open up a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Late Night Host Craig Ferguson | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...hysterical TV coverage of H1N1, or swine flu, you think you already know everything you need to know, you are probably wrong. Pandemic influenza is notoriously complex - and it changes all the time. The best defense is wisdom. But because of the way our brains are wired, we tend to overestimate how well we understand the risks. Check your own IQ (influenza quotient) with our nifty Pandemic Pop Quiz. #mediaContainer {width:525px; border:1px solid #ccc; border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px ; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:15px 0; overflow:hidden;} You will need to install or upgrade your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The H1N1 Quiz | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...funny,” Caleb L. Weatherl states in his article, and that “the wrong signals” is one that everyone can agree upon. Instead, rape can be terrifying, painful, and prevalent, which makes it a difficult topic to discuss. Therefore, issues of consent tend to be avoided, distorted, or completely silenced. So if the only introduction to the issue of sexual assault freshmen received was “Sex Signals,” then perhaps some could say that rape was not treated with enough “gravity,” that there were...

Author: By Shannon Cleary and Truc Doan | Title: LETTERS: The Signals of Sexual Assault | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...both for the actual experience itself and the lifelong story—whether or not you have a long term interest in working in the sports industry,” he said.The NBA and MLB expressed similar delight with their relationship to Harvard students. “Harvard students tend to be well-rounded,” said NBA campus recruiter Heather Roberts. “You’re going to a great school, hopefully you’re maintaining a good GPA, but then there’s so much campus involvement at Harvard that you?...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MLB and NBA Recruit Students at Harvard Career Fair | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...cuteness without the introspection. Those recent films that do present well-defined female characters—“Whale Rider,” “Thirteen,” “Juno”—generally center on adolescence, a morass of complexities that tends to subsume any secondary themes. Once they graduate high school, women tend to disappear from the screen in any meaningful way entirely, fading away as stock types, or arm candy, or background characters...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Moving Images | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

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