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Hedda Bolgar, renowned psychoanalyst, dies at 103
Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...
Tags: Science and Technology, Philosophy, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Psychologists, Colleges and Universities
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9 holes with: Alexi Giannoulias
A golf day with Alexi Giannoulias does not begin at the driving range or Sportmart. If you're going to make him suffer on the links, he will burn you on the hardwood. His preferred round ball has no dimples. Bill Murray's Caddyshack character yelled,...
Tags: Christianity, Barack Obama, College Basketball, Sports, Christian Orthodoxy
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Science and Technology, Financial Aid, Learning Disability, Northwestern University, Computer Science
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Paul L. Foster School of Medicine graduates urged to make mark beyond medicine
El Paso Times, TexasOriginally a medical school hopeful himself at Baylor University, Paul L. Foster joked Friday at a medical-school convocation that he switched majors after being weeded out as a pre-med major by chemistry and biology classes. At a ceremony for the first...Tags: University of Texas at El Paso, Financial Aid, Travel, Howard University, Education
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Goldman Sachs wins even when muzzled by the feds
Almost three years ago, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $550 million to settle fraud accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the claims was that Goldman misled the bond-insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. in a horribly complex...Tags: Finance, Parties and Movements, Insurance, Federal Reserve, Justice System
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Fed no ha rebajado lo suficiente las tasas de interés: Kocherlakota
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - La Reserva Federal no ha hecho lo suficiente para rebajar los costos del endeudamiento en Estados Unidos e impulsar el crecimiento económico, dijo el viernes un importante funcionario de la Fed, citando su panorama de una inflación... -
Fed has not lowered interest rates enough: Kocherlakota
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for overly low inflation and overly high unemployment over the next two to three...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Career and Workplace
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BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue
Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...
Tags: Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Vaccines, Evanston
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Survey: Latinos hesitant to seek police
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Candy Montenegro was attending a First Communion party Sunday night in Jefferson when a neighbor approached, upset that one of the guests had parked in front of his house. The commotion escalated until the neighbor was shouting racially derogatory...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Montenegro
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DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...
Tags: Finance, Navy Pier, Chicago Hotels, Public Officials, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...Tags: Book, Finance, Thomson Corporation, Economic Inequality, Authors
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Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?
ReutersSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...Tags: Book, Finance, Thomson Corporation, Economic Inequality, Authors
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