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...History and Literature 90t. Legacies of Torture — Ouch. This seminar examines "the ethical and aesthetic responsibilities and challenges of representing torture." Not for the squeamish...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: New Courses, New You | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Bonn stuck in the same standoff that has all but paralyzed global climate talks over the past several years. Poor nations want rich nations to accept deep, mandatory carbon cuts, and pay tens of billions of dollars in aid to help developing countries combat global warming. Rich nations are squeamish about committing to extreme measures without help from major developing nations like China and India, which will be responsible for the lion's share of new carbon emissions in the decade ahead. And all leaders are feeling the squeeze of the economic downturn, which has shunted public attention from global...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress on Global Warming Remains Elusive | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...chaotic, deconstructed battlefields of Tolstoy and Stendhal. As for the genocide ... I have searched in vain for a passage I feel comfortable quoting. Suffice it to say that his descriptions of the most extreme forms of human suffering are explicit and precise. This book is not for the squeamish, and if you're not squeamish, it will make you squeamish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Soldier | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...breast-feeding is taboo in Africa, cross-nursing - in which one woman suckles another's baby - is taboo in the U.S. While crunchy sites like Mothering.com have exploded with hundreds of giddy posts praising Hayek for promoting the cause of breast-feeding, plenty of online reactions were more squeamish. EW.com gave the YouTube clip its "biggest eyebrow raiser" of the day award. (See the top 10 pregnant performers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salma Hayek, Breast-Feeding and One Very Public Service | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Chrysler's sales were down 47% in November, even worse than the 37% decline for the industry over all. And all the grim headlines about Detroit's uncertain future aren't helping local salesman. At this sprawling dealership in suburban Kansas City, the biggest problem facing auto salesmen is squeamish buyers spooked by too much talk about bailouts and bankruptcies. "Our problem is getting them in the door," Sullivan said of his nervous customers. So Friday's announced $13 billion rescue package for GM and Chrysler was good news, not so much because this Kansas dealer needed a lifeline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Dodges in a Downturn: Upbeat in Kansas | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

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