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In a statement about the extended holiday shutdown, Chrysler said the lack of financing for car loans contributed to the move. "Due to the continued lack of consumer credit for the American car buyer and the resulting dramatic impact it has had on overall industry sales in the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Nick of Time: Bush Announces Auto Bailout | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

The Gist: Chances are you underestimate your capacity for cruelty. Stanley Milgram's famous obedience experiments in the 1960s and '70s demonstrated that we're conditioned to inflict pain on complete strangers when impelled to do so by an authority figure. Milgram's experiments - linchpins of any freshman psych class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're OK With Hurting Strangers | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

The results: In Burger's experiment, 70% of participants were willing to proceed past the maximum 150-volt jolt level; in the corresponding Milgram experiment, 83% continued. The variance, Burger explains, is not statistically significant.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're OK With Hurting Strangers | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

“When Arne speaks to educators across America, it won’t be from up in some Ivory Tower, but from the lessons he’s learned during his years changing our schools from the bottom up,” Obama said during his announcement. Education...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Obama Picks Harvard Grad for Education Secretary | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

To some observers that may seem like a less than stellar record. But for a certain kind of client who isn't willing to give up without a fight, Genson is the ideal advocate. "These clients are very sick, they're at death's door, and they're [looking] for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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