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Dates: during 2000-2009
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So far, this strain of H1N1 has proved blessedly mild. So far, at least, many people get it; not many die. But mild is a tricky word. "Mild, when you're talking about flu, can still be dangerous," says Michael Shaw, a microbiologist at the CDC who has been working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live with Fear of the Flu | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

English author Lucy Wadham is well positioned to attempt the tricky feat so many other writers have taken on, usually without success: explaining to the rest of the world what makes the French so, well, French. In The Secret Life of France, she uses the insight she has gained from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Lessons | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

College soccer is a tricky sport to follow. It defies the laws of the game mandated by FIFA, with its unlimited substitutions and clock management (running down instead of up).

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRUZ CONTROL: Successful Season Ahead for Crimson | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

The Harvard Crimson: How did ‘Timbre and Flux’ come about?Larissa D. Koch: I graduated last March and I had enough repertory that I’d made while I was here that I could do an evening of work that I had created as...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: LARISSA D. KOCH ’08-’09 | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

So why did you keep at it for eight years? Did you just need the job? In the first years it was a great learning experience. I felt like what we were doing was not intrinsically bad, though we were charging too much. Over time I started to feel a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Management Consultants Necessary? | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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