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While this complex can certainly apply to guys as well, it seems to be most common among female undergrads. This is the kind of girl who never received anything below a 100 percent on any school assignment. Ever. But the complex goes beyond grades; it’s the kind...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Avoid These Crazy Harvardians | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

Among the questions: Is the district judge advising the Supreme Court on how to handle the Davis case or is the matter now formally in the district court again? Do the three silent Justices, who signed neither opinion - Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito - have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Davis Ruling Raises New Death-Penalty Questions | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

There is a long history of using the Census to push for better visibility in American political and economic life. Some of the first lobbying came from Eastern Europeans in the 19th century. But the perfection of identity politics in the 20th kicked the conversation to a whole new level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Census Games: Groups Gear Up to Be Counted | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

While still legally married, Katherine and Joe have long been separated, even residing in different states for the past few years. Michael was often vocal about his critique of Joe's parenting techniques, telling Oprah Winfrey in 1993 that there was "a lot of sadness" in his childhood. He revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Jackson Makes Bid for Care of Michael's Kids | 7/11/2009 | See Source »

It hardly looked like a vision of democratic perfection. One presidential candidate was the nationalist daughter of a former strongman, while the incumbent was a retired general whose in-law was just jailed for corruption. Two of the vice-presidential nominees had been accused of directing human-rights abuses during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Elections: A Win For Democracy | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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