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...producing an illusion of personal control," the authors write, "power may cause people to lose touch with reality in ways that lead to overconfident decision-making." (Read "Gut Decisions May Not Be Smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Powerful People Overestimate Themselves | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...hometown Tigers, and despite strong performances from the Crimson, Harvard would have to settle for second place. Crimson junior swimmer Alex Meyer, certainly exhausted by the final stretch of the long and grueling men’s 1650-meter freestyle, pushed past his limits in order to out-touch his main opponent, Princeton sophomore Patrick Briggs, edging him down the final length of the pool in Saturday’s race.Meyer finished first in 15:01.18, a mere 0.81 seconds ahead of Briggs, while Meyer’s teammate, sophomore Blake Lewkowitz, followed closely behind in 15:06.91, fending...

Author: By Jessica L. Flakne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Settles for Second | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Mullery used his full arsenal of moves in the post against a thin Harvard front-line. He mixed in a steady stream of back-downs with spin moves and hook shots, always finishing with a feathery touch. Towards the end of the first half, the 6’8 junior even stepped behind the three-point line and buried a trey...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Bears Return Favor in Last-Minute Thriller | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...this has accrued to support a general perception that Dodd, who's serving his fifth term in the Senate, "has kind of lost touch with voters," says Jennifer Duffy, who tracks Senate races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report and rates Dodd among the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Connecticut's Chris Dodd Faces a Backyard Rebellion | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...your house. Say you lean way left ... You don't like my politics. You sit there and say, 'Joe the Plumber overcharged me, Joe the Plumber broke this.' That makes national news ... I've spoken to some of my plumbing buddies in town and no one really wants to touch me right now" - is deemed by to be the fault of Ohio officials because ... because ... wait, there is no because

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

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