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Now, consider the second category. There are jobs we would like society to do but feel we cannot afford it. Most of them are just the kind of therapeutically unpleasant tasks - such as emptying bedpans at nursing homes - that volunteerism enthusiasts are anxious to force young people to do for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Service? Puh-lease | 9/4/2007 | See Source »

The proposed revisions could hurt the U.S. venture-capital industry, which helps small companies get big and is the envy of the world. Private-equity firms--which buy companies with mostly borrowed money, fix them up or pare them down, then sell them--are more controversial but have perhaps made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackstone: Too Rich for Congress | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

My aunt's sanguine demeanor is a lesson that I will carry in my mind from now on. Unpleasant events are out of human control, and it is necessary to accept the good along with the bad. As the protagonist of the unsuccessful existential comedy, “I Heart...

Author: By Jeanne Dang | Title: It Makes the Sweet Sweeter | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

NAICU is trying to provide a more complete picture than U.S News, and the new format doesn't gloss over unpleasant details. For example, it will list a school's current tuition alongside the sticker price from each of the previous four years (Parents, get ready to watch those bar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Way to Rank Colleges? | 6/20/2007 | See Source »

Nevertheless, election night held an unpleasant surprise for Sarkozy: the stunning defeat of conservative heavyweight Alain Juppe, who as Environment, Transport, and Sustainable Energy Minister was number two in Sarkozy's pre-election government. Juppe's failure to win a legislative seat leaves his political future in grave doubt.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Tsunami Victory for Sarkozy | 6/17/2007 | See Source »

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