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Obama nominating Bernanke: New term
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression who moved boldly last fall to prevent another economic catastrophe, will be nominated by President Obama to a second four-year term as......Tags: Justice System, Politics, Ben Bernanke, Government, National Government
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Cass Sunstein approval: Critics derailed
The Swampby Mark Silva Cass Sunstein, the president's pick to serve as White House regulatory chief, has drawn fire for some of the things he has had to say. Glenn Beck, the conservative FOX News Channel commentator whose attacks on another......Tags: Politics, Harry Reid, Animals, Government, National Government
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Clinton, Bush Haiti-bound: $31 m so far
The Swampby Mark Silva Remember Haiti? Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are working to ensure that the world doesn't forget the suffering that remains from a catastrophic earthquake. The two plan to travel to Haiti on Monday, according......Tags: Earthquakes, Government, George W. Bush, Colleges and Universities, Bill Clinton
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Revisiting Ginevra King, the Lake Forest woman who inspired 'Gatsby'
Remarkable how two words, scribbled nearly a century ago about a 16-year-old Lake Forest debutante, can evoke a whole country, its hypocrisies and promises, its aspirations and crushing realities. Last week, the University of South Carolina posted...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Jay-Z, Carey Mulligan, The Pennsylvania State University, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Grade Inflation Undermining Universities
The Hartford CourantMisquoting William Shakespeare: "Now is the spring of our discontent." Indeed, even as the daffodils blossom and the songbirds sing, my students at the University of Connecticut are stressing out from their end-of-semester quest for high grades....Tags: Health, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, University of Connecticut, Academic Progress
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'Admission' wait-listed on the way to greatness ★★ 1/2
A fraught romantic comedy, shot through with anxiety about getting your child into an Ivy League school or else, "Admission" stars Tina Fey as a Princeton University admissions officer with a secret. Her genial foil is Paul Rudd, who runs a rural New...
Tags: Lily Tomlin, Admission (movie), Paul Weitz, Entertainment, Paul Rudd
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Staying connected to plugged-in teens
I wonder what grounding looked like in the 1920s. What items or privileges were restricted? "Young man, hand over the stick. There will be no stick ball and no fishing." And what did kids get grounded for? Were they lighting matches or dressing like...Tags: Networking, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Woodrow Wilson, Culture
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School of smarter spending
As we scurry about during the highest of all shopping seasons, our money habits will be on full display. Yet the motivations behind how we spend are often hidden, stemming from our most ancient and fundamental human tendencies. The relatively new...Tags: Science and Technology, Harvard University, Marketing, Science, University of Chicago
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Stem cell agency not doing enough to avoid conflict of interest
Compromise, defined as the art of getting part of a loaf when the whole loaf is out of reach, comes in many forms. But surely the strangest of all is what comes of trying to compromise with yourself. That's what California's stem cell agency is...
Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Elections, George W. Bush, Jonathan Thomas
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Scalia must join 21st century and change gay marriage stance
The Supreme Court's announcement last Friday that it will take up gay marriage is more than a chance for the justices to recognize the emerging national consensus in support of gay rights. It is a chance for them to overrule the medieval views of...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Immigration, Judges, Government
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5 questions and answers about Jesus' 'wife'
Since the news broke Tuesday about a scrap of papyrus containing the line in Coptic, "Jesus said, 'My wife..' " questions have rocketed across the world about what this means. We put many of the big questions to leading scholars, pastors and people in...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning, Belief and Faith, Colleges and Universities, The New York Times
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Economist: It really does pay to be pretty
Are you good looking? If so, chances are you'll make money over your lifetime.
"Everybody knows in their heart that better looking people do better overall," said economist Daniel Hamermesh, whose new book "Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More...
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