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...notice her at the side of the road? There was a lot to be afraid of here. But that was what she was most afraid of, whether it was reasonable or not. She was afraid of being left behind. "I hoped that someone would see me, that someone would pick me up," she said. "But you didn't know it. You didn't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jessica Lynch: Book Excerpt: Wrong Turn In The Desert | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

...elderly who are already signed up can switch plans during the open enrollment period. Each state has 40 to 50 different plans to choose from, and each insurance company is required to set up call centers to answer questions about the different plans it offers to help seniors pick the right one for their drug needs. But the lesson seniors should draw from the GAO report is that, whether signing up for the benefit the first time or renewing it, you need to study the plan carefully yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still More Problems with the Medicare Drug Plan | 7/11/2006 | See Source »

DIED. Jan Murray, 89, stand-up comedian and actor who went from performing variety-show routines at resorts in New York's Catskill Mountains to hosting popular 1950s TV game shows, including Blind Date, Dollar a Second and Treasure Hunt, on which winning contestants got to pick a treasure chest that could contain anything from a big-money check to cabbage; in Beverly Hills, Calif. A native New Yorker who came up in Borscht Belt comedy with Sid Caesar and Buddy Hackett, Murray turned to acting in the 1960s, appearing in films like Thunder Alley and TV shows that included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 17, 2006 | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...girl out of Harvard, but not the Harvard out of the girl? Ah, but I can’t spend all day on such philosophical musings. After all, it’s only three o’clock, and there are 60 more words to go. Time to pick up that dictionary, train my lamp on its pages, and get to work. Mary A. Brazelton ’08, a Crimson arts editor, is a history of science concentrator in Quincy House. She wants her family to know she is not that messy during the school year...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, | Title: Flying a Crimson Flag | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

...With so much on the line in an admittedly subjective process, the staff Harvard hires to pick its undergraduates—and how that staff is trained—has a major impact on the makeup of the College’s student body...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stairway to Harvard | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

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