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Last week the Harvard Crimson spoke with Joan Didion, one of the most respected and courageous contemporary female essayists. She first came to national prominence in 1968 with the publication of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, a compilation of writings about the 1960s. Born in 1934 in Sacramento, Calif., Didion now writes novels, columns and essays from her home in New York City, where she lives with her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne. In her warm, witty and rich manner, she discussed her latest book, Political Fictions, the state of politics in America, the terrorist incident of Sept. 11 and the process...
Born in New York, Pitkin graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics, and then briefly studied and lived in Europe during the 1960s. He currently works as a demographer out of an office in Harvard Square...
...INTEREST RATES Bonds, money-market funds and other interest-paying investments haven't carried yields this low since the 1960s. For income, it may make more sense to own a stock like Bandag, a profitable industrial-tire company with a dividend yield of 4.6%--about the same as on long-term Treasury bonds...
...result, Chait said, students and their parents have a greater demand for better grades and honors degrees—two criteria which they see as essential for landing high-paying jobs. Since the 1960s, he said, that has resulted in grade inflation...
During the 1960s and 1970s “the best” was exclusively defined in terms of research, Light says. Teaching skills were rarely considered...