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...could change things. what are your weaknesses? I've been disappointed many times in the trust that I've put in people. And I can sometimes be a bit harsh; I guess that's where my "Iron Lady" nickname comes from. What was your CHILDHOOD dream? That I would wake up black. I was teased because of my [light] complexion. Of course, that was an impossible dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

...addict, the colicky screamer--is more feared than the bad sleeper, and parents will try any formula that offers the prospect of some rest. Sleep manuals outsell even the baby bible What to Expect When You're Expecting. For years, parents have clung to competing sleep-training camps (Never wake a sleeping baby! No naps in the stroller!) in hopeful desperation. So when Dr. Richard Ferber, author of the best-selling 1985 book Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems, seemingly backpedaled on his signature "cry it out" technique last week, saying his program was never "meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Debate That Never Rests | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

Those are the historical skeletons that have dogged the Harvard basketball program for decades and that will continue to surround a talented Crimson squad in the wake of Harvard’s second-place preseason selection...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: One Last Chance To Reverse History | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...since many had expected him to choose a running mate who was a current council member. Riley served on the council last year, but said she chose not to run for reelection this semester because of disillusionment with the council, which she said was disconnected from students. In the wake of this sudden cancellation of a Wyclef Jean concert funded by the UC, both sets of candidates seem likely to cite their experience on the council as evidence they will manage to avoid such debacles. Only Voith has served on the council since his freshman year, while Gadgil, Haddock...

Author: By Alexander D. Blankfein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In UC Race, 2 Tickets Emerge | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...That question still echoes around France in the wake of the explosions of violence that has rocked the country's blighted suburban housing projects for three weeks - even reaching places like Blois, which few would ever equate with gritty urban strife. But if it took this month's fury to alert France to the unemployment, economic deprivation, racial segregation, and social exclusion felt in its banlieues, everyone in Blois seemed fully aware of the problem. "We have the second largest housing project population-per-total municipal population in France," comments Willy Spitz, president of the "Quartier Proximit?" association, whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French 'Troubles' Reach Tourist Mecca | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

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