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...emotional pathway of empathy in the brain. You can do that through a story. Once that pathway is cleared, then it will put up with a certain amount of statistics and data and information. That's why I try to find just the most compelling story I can and write it in a way that if someone will only read just the first half-sentence, they'll keep going. If they begin to feel some compassion, then one can lay out the larger picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...good to pick one issue or cause that speaks to you and then to get engaged. Write checks, sure, but maybe do more than that. If you can, go visit a project, write letters, volunteer. Really make it part of your life. When we wrote Half the Sky, we also set up Half the Sky to be a do-it-yourself toolkit for getting involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...eschews pure electronica and trip-hop for more traditional instrumentation—guitar, piano, drums and bass are at the heart of the record—which would intuitively present a more natural and human presence. This lack of feeling is not helped by the fact that Sade write obvious, vacuous shells of songs and then attempt to save them through intricate production which, while impressive, only serves to increase the emotional divide between the band and the listener...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sade | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...tried to write my letter to Jeff Tarr. I looked through the sample phrases—things like, “I am grateful for my opportunities.” “I could not have done it without you.” I am. I couldn’t have. I am extraordinarily lucky...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucky Family | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...West of outrageous hidden fees, ridiculous fine print, deceptive come-ons and secret side deals designed to sucker us into predatory rip-offs we can't afford or escape. And the CFPA is supposed to be the new sheriff in town. It would be an independent agency empowered to write and enforce rules for financial products, so that banks would no longer enjoy lax consumer regulation - and nonbanks peddling loans from hell would no longer escape just about all regulation. It would be like a financial version of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the Food and Drug Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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