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...brings a sizable contingent of residents both enjoyment and employment. Massachusetts voters should appreciate our right to submit ballot questions to change the way our state is run, and Question 3’s proposed ban is a matter for legitimate discussion. We must, however, also take care to wield that power carefully—a responsibility that makes this particular initiative seem hasty and unjustified. Next Tuesday, we must allow prudence to trump perpetual intervention, and trust all of our citizens to make responsible decisions about their leisure time. If, in coming years, state residents vote definitively against...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: No on Question Three | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...then pushed for Harvard to wield its power in promoting equal opportunity...

Author: By Weiqi Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Summers Touts College Aid Legacy | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...author insists he doesn't study buyology, which he defines as "the multitude of subconscious forces that motivate us to buy," to help companies launch nefarious marketing schemes. Rather, he says, "my hope is that the huge majority will wield this same instrument for good: to better understand ourselves--our wants, our drives and our motivations--and use that knowledge for benevolent, and practical, purposes." Well, maybe. But then again, he has nothing to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...said that you could.” Even on infectious track “Savior,” a song about soured relationships, Tim McIlrath’s lyrics are a swirl of desperation, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction. Throughout “Appeal to Reason,” Rise Against wield their instruments as weapons against those who are squandering tomorrow for their selfish desires today. Particularly of note is McIlrath, who rides the band’s layered guitar melodies with confident vocals and throat-shredding screams when their energy crests. However, the production on “Appeal...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rise Against | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...Even if Taliban leader Mullah Omar and Karzai were able to overcome their glaring differences to hammer out a power-sharing agreement, the real question would be: How much power could Mullah Omar actually wield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Reality in Afghanistan: Talking with the Taliban | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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