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...Let’s say that you have a general surgeon who wants to learn minimally invasive techniques, a scenario that is commonly funded by outside interests,” he says. “Is that a bad thing? When someone gets training that they wouldn’t normally get and helps patients...
...like a sorority house—like, um, the Houses in Harry Potter. Without having to worry about grocery shopping or dividing up rent, Harvard students are able to devote almost all their energy to their academics and extracurriculars. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the ability to incorporate Hegel and Foucault references into cocktail conversations and juggle 10 activities at a time doesn’t make you any more mature than your were in high school. Elite liberal arts colleges like this one produce intellectually sophisticated and highly accomplished individuals, but many...
...Ratnesar: One thing does seem clear: He may say he is committed to change, but he can only change so much. He's never going to be a warm, sympathetic and likable figure - and he is still surrounded by the same handlers who enable his worst traits. The sooner he gets back to golf, the better, but from the sound of this statement, you're right ... it may be a longer absence than most of us (and certainly the PGA Tour) anticipated...
...because the literary world is eager to publish truly authentic voices of young people today. "What the literary industry wants is a child genius. A 17-year-old girl telling stories about sex and drug excesses is much more interesting than a 35-year-old male doing the same thing. But this only works with a rigorous concept of intellectual property," Theisohn tells TIME. (See the top 10 fiction books...
...format. Now Adrià has detailed to TIME his plans to reinvent what many consider the most influential restaurant in the world. "In the 25-year history of El Bulli, there have been five moments of rupture, and now it's time for another," says Adrià. "The one thing we can't have is monotony." (Why reservations just got tougher to get at the world's best restaurant...