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...though it wasn't the President's turn for the limelight, attendees couldn't help but throw some admiring words his way. Hancock called himself "a fan." Baryshnikov said, "Obama is great," and added, "We all have to support him." "Oh, I love him," said Black. "He's very approachable...a very kind and thoughtful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Kennedy Center Honors, Obama Salutes the Boss | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...there's anyone who would be able to expound on the intricate economy of Lady Gaga's music career (and the ramifications of her outrageous fashion choices on her business), it seems like we'll all have to turn to legendary Ec10 Caesar N. Gregory Mankiw...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mankiw Professes Predilection for Lady Gaga | 12/6/2009 | See Source »

...material for compost. Like many back-to-basics sophisticates, he believes Jenkins' humanure system is more sanitary and more rational than the conventional alternative. "Human waste is a perfectly good source of an important resource, nitrogen," Knutzen observes. "Water is a valuable resource too. Why mix the two and turn all of it into a problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Humanure: Goodbye, Toilets. Hello, Extreme Composting | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...turns out, however, lawmakers are reluctant to cede the power to steer extra money to hospitals in their own districts, and the House rejected the commission idea outright. While the Senate bill does contain a version of the commission, it has become weaker at every turn in the process. Under a deal to win hospitals' support for the bill, the Senate Finance Committee agreed they would be exempt from the commission's recommendations at least through 2019; doctors, hospices and medical-equipment suppliers would be beyond its reach entirely. Who is left? Maybe no one. "The exception for hospitals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Reform: What Happened to Cost Controls? | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

This summer, Education Secretary Arne Duncan set a national goal to turn around the bottom 1% of America's schools - approximately 5,000 of them - over the next five years. While he has since dialed back the scope of the project (the Education Department now expects the funds to tackle 1,200 or so schools), the objective remains the same. "My goal isn't quantity but quality," Duncan told TIME in July. "That bottom 1% are made up of dropout factories, where 50, 60, 75% of kids are dropping out. Change around the edges isn't going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling Out America's Worst Schools: A $3.5 Billion Plan | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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