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Over on the other side of the pond—i.e. our own blessed soil— the presence of a burglar seems to render any form of violence acceptable, and shows the dangers of too generous allowances in the name of self-protection. In the majority of states, a form of Castle Law is permitted which does not require crime victims to avoid violence, but essentially enables homeowners to “stand their ground” and attack burglars simply upon their intrusion into the home. The policy ensures that burglary is repayable by death...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Stolen Lives | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...anything to discourage a practice seemingly as old as Hollywood itself - celebrity clients with substance-abuse problems, or with other real or imagined illnesses, finding doctors to give them the medicines and care they crave, even if it goes against proper medical practice? Or are the temptations - whether the generous pay or the ego gratification of being patronized by a famous person - simply too great to resist? (See Michael Jackson's death: How culpable are the doctors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson's Health: Why Do Doctors Coddle Celebrities? | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...goodwill actually increases the bottom line. Are people going to suddenly start drinking sugary fizz because Pepsi is being philanthropic? It's not like corporate responsibility is suddenly in vogue: show me a Fortune 500 company, and I'll show you why that company insists it's the most generous organization in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Pepsi's Choice to Skip This Year's Super Bowl | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 credited Harvard’s increase in applications to the University’s generous financial aid, the continuing effects of the elimination of early admissions, and the appeal of the new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Applications Up at Top Universities | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

This draconian rationing of toilet paper reveals itself as such when an urgent undergraduate, gorged on squash and Our Dear Leader’s weekly gift of hot sausage and eggs, finds himself perched on a porcelain potty. Smug because of a particularly generous offering to the Charles River, his hand reaches for his janitorial set only to find unwelcoming and coarse texture of a cardboard tube. Panic and rage...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu | Title: Tools of the Stool | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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