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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Real Estate Market by Paying the Neighbor's Mortgage | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...perverse historical chance dropped the holiday of elegant evening dates down on the part of the calendar worst suited for it. Erratic mountains of ice and curbsides which drop off into unfriendly black abysses make walking anywhere in February a chore. Add in impractical shoes, uncomfortable clothes, and high expectations, and the chore can become catastrophe...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein, Alexander R. Konrad, and Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Annotations: Valentine's Day | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...kids want to learn. They don’t always want to learn all day, and they certainly don’t want to be lectured to or, even worse, “preached at.” But even the worst schools in the country are filled with kids who would, if they could, be math juggernauts and masters of English grammar—if they have the right instructor...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly | Title: Those Who Can, Do Teach | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...passing resemblance to The Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey.” One could continue the guessing game of which parts of which tracks were influenced by which bands. However such a deconstruction would not only be an exhibition of the worst kind of musical machismo; it would suggest that the band’s songs are more pastiche than product.They are not. Inspirations aside, theirs is a group of fully formed, self-sustaining songs that ultimately do not depend on the work of their forefathers to be realized. While its clear that...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...result of the conflict. Most die not from war wounds but from starvation or disease. A lack of infrastructure means there is little medical care in the cities and none in rural communities, so any infection can be a death sentence. The most vulnerable suffer the worst. One in five children in Congo will die before reaching the age of 5 - and will do so out of sight of the world, in places that camera crews cannot reach, deep in a vast landscape and concealed under a canopy of bucolic jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Glimmer of Hope in Africa | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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