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...asks small groups of students to reproduce a relatively complicated Lego robot. One at a time, students are allowed to go and look at the structure, which is placed in another room, but they can't take notes. In another tested activity, students lead a group discussion on a topic drawn from an envelope. In both cases, observers are watching to see who takes initiative, who collaborates well and who is persistent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Lego Test | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

During my tenure as The Crimson's reporter for issues of House life, I wrote about the topic of Interhouse restrictions from time to time and had a chance to ask House residents why they supported these restrictions. The masters and House committee leaders I spoke to felt that dining halls that were crowded by non-residents made it tough for House residents to get a seat, thereby discouraging the creation of House community...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: On Food and Fairness | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

...testimony that saw Greenspan return repeatedly to a favorite topic - the "wealth effect" of the stock markets on the public psyche - the implication was clear: Greenspan intends to see the Dow and the NASDAQ show consumers the way back to the sunny side of the street. And he'll cut interest rates to help bridge the gap between the doldrums of now and the summer days ahead, when those companies finally cost-cut their way back to profitability. At that point, the cycle can begin again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenspan Says It Again: Get Out and Shop, America! | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

...Silver says fertility specialists have told him that they have no problem with cloning and would be happy to provide it as a service to their clients who could afford it. But these same specialists would never tell inquiring reporters that, Silver says?it's too hot a topic right now. "I think what's happened is that all the mainstream doctors have taken a hands-off approach because of this huge public outcry. But I think what they are hoping is that some fringe group will pioneer it and that it will slowly come into the mainstream and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby, It's You! and You, and You... | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...part, the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in twice on the topic; first in 1944, when it ruled that while parents "may be free to become martyrs themselves, it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children." The Court ruled similarly in a 1990 case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom of Religion or State-Sanctioned Child Abuse? | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

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