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Sep 18,2009  by shab

Editorial Reforming the Financial System NYTimes.com


imageOn Monday, the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, President Obama is scheduled to deliver a major speech on the financial crisis. He should take justifiable pride in some of the aggressive steps his administration has taken to ... [full story]


Sep 17,2009  by shab

China Requires Censorship Software on New PCs NYTimes.com


imageBEIJING — China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet. Skip to next paragraph ... [full story]


Sep 16,2009  by shab

At Your Fingers, an Oxford Don NYTimes.com


imageSINCE the 16th century, the ideal of education has been the tutorial system pioneered at Oxford and Cambridge, nurturing young minds one to one, inquiring, prodding and encouraging. The tutorial method, research shows, is a proven winner. ... [full story]


Sep 15,2009  by shab

Buying and Selling in Bedbug City NYTimes.com


imageSkip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times PEST FIGHTERS Infestations keep Gil Bloom hopping at the Standard Extermination Company in Queens. Related Disgusting, Yes. But a Deal Breaker? (August 23, ... [full story]


Sep 14,2009  by shab

The Moral Instinct


imageWhich of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? And which do you think is the least admirable? For most people, it’s an easy question. Mother Teresa, famous for ministering ... [full story]


Sep 13,2009  by shab

Woven Splendor From Timbuktu to Tibet, the Colors of the Rugs the Nomads Walked On


imageTHEY are knee covers for camels — 10 inches wide, and fringed — and could not seem less glamorous. They were made in the 19th century by young women in Central Asia who were preparing for their weddings. Yet the ... [full story]


Sep 12,2009  by shab

Deprogramming Jihadists NYTimes.com


imageThe sunset prayer had just ended, and Sheik Ahmad al-Jilani was already calling his class to order. When the latecomers slipped into the front row, Jilani nodded at them briskly. “Young men,” he began, “who can tell me why we ... [full story]


Sep 11,2009  by shab

Havens Salida, Colo. Salida, Colo. The Outdoors Life, With No Attitude NYTimes.com


imageLOTS of people stumble upon the town where their future second home will be by getting lost. But perhaps none do so as dramatically as Kent Strickland. Skip to next paragraph More in EscapesMore articles on second homes and ... [full story]


Sep 08,2009  by shab

Summer Rituals Going South A World Away, Close to Family Series NYTimes.com


imageSILVER CREEK, Miss. — The sight of a menacing dog outside her Brooklyn apartment would send Amya CaJoie Stewart skittering inside for safety. But not the Rottweiler that prowled the gravel road at her aunt’s house in this ... [full story]


Sep 07,2009  by shab

Samuel M. Ehrenhalt, MuchQuoted Official for Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dies at 83 Obituary (Obit) NYTimes.com


imageSamuel M. Ehrenhalt, a poet of percentages who for 15 years as a regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics transformed colorless wage and employment figures into small, brightly lighted windows onto New Yorkers’ daily lives, died on Sunday ... [full story]



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