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...stresses that moms-to-be need more scientific data that directly weigh the benefits and risks of both delivery methods. Vaginal delivery can, for example, lead to future incontinence and pelvic damage, while babies born by C-section may suffer from respiratory problems because of not being exposed to certain hormones during the birthing process. It will take more studies comparing the two methods for individual women to be able to determine how likely these risks are for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Choosy Mothers Choose Caesareans | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...president Thabo Mbeki—whom she once sought to explore by interviewing his barber, his chef, and his portraitist—the project became something much more universal, and the figure of the President is in no way based on him. “It’s certainly not an allegory,” she says. “There’s no real life referent that I’m using. It’s not a critique of any real life situation politically. That’s the beauty of a fable...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dovey Reveals Source of Novel Ideas | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...there is the event, which simply happens, and the interpretation, which never ends.” You obviously suggest a measure of autobiography through the first-person narration of Keith. To what extent is this novel an interpretation of events from your past?KG: It’s certainly a reinterpretation of a lot of what happened to me and the sort of people that I knew. The function of the first-person in a way is to make some things that are a little bit unbelievable seem more believable. When you write about yourself or things that happen...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Grad, It's All Lit and Theory | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...book! THC: At Harvard you concentrated in applied math and economics, but at the same time had journalism internships with five major publications, which obviously seem to pertain much more to your present occupation. Did your academic concentration influence your current job at all?JL: Definitely, in certain ways. Applied math is really hard. Most of the time, you didn’t understand what your professor was saying and had to have your TF explain it to you later. So at a certain point, your attitude becomes, “I’m pretty intelligent...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Fortune Cookie’ Author Says ‘Yeah’ to the Kong | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...emergency press conference at the Casa Rosada presidential palace. "It was started by farmers clearing land for cattle grazing driven by greed for profit with total disregard for human life." The President was just as harsh. "This is not a natural disaster, this is the result of certain aspects of human nature, irrationaity and irresponsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Argentine Smoke-Out | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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