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Talk is cheap when confession plays as entertainment on daytime TV. In politics, as in church, there's no telling when penitence is sincere, for God alone knows the human heart. But it's a useful test in judging character to ask whether admitting failure comes at a cost--or a discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Confession Procession | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...Yorker--Groopman began to intensively examine how doctors think and how they get sidetracked from the truth. He learned that about 80% of medical mistakes are the result of predictable mental traps, or cognitive errors, that bedevil all human beings. Only 20% are due to technical mishaps--mixed-up test results or hard-to-decipher handwriting--that typically loom larger in patients' minds and on television shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Doctors Go Wrong | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...stop her. After she got two goals, they were already marking her and double teaming her, and she was still able to break free.” The Crimson’s next game is Sunday against Quinnipiac at Jordan Field. It will be an important test of the team’s resiliency as it tries to rebound in time for the beginning of Ivy League play. “We just need to come back and work twice as hard in practice,” Martin said. “And come into the game on Sunday...

Author: By Douglas A. Baerlein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Huskies Outpace Crimson on Road | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Iraq, said last night that the United States should spearhead the nuclear disarmament effort. He spoke before a full audience in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room. The U.S. is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, but has refused to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which has been ratified by 138 states world wide. “I would like to see the U.S. come back to the role of ‘lead wolf’, and come away from the role of ‘lone wolf?...

Author: By David K. Hausman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In Speech, Blix Urges Disarmament | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

Every time a midterm rolls around, I am alarmed at how the size of the class magically doubles, now full of suspicious people who I’ve never seen even once before at previous lectures yet who seem to be taking the test. You should also participate a fair amount in sections, so your classmates and teachers get to know you on a first-name basis. Good class participation is important, as it can be beneficial for both your grade and your reputation as a non-creepshow. Plus it can be really embarrassing if your entire section doesn?...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: Jeepers Creepers | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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