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...were extremely orderly and not disruptive at all," said McKean, who is also a Crimson editor. "We knew what we were doing and why we were there and what we wanted to accomplish...
...that both CWF and CRGF seem to be doing what most professional investors struggle to accomplish...
Indeed, there is positive evidence that, at least in the United States, more guns means less crime. Whatever the sociological explanation, be it a national character rooted in the frontier experience or the distinctive American antipathy to letting government do what we can accomplish on our own, the numbers are clear. Over 20 states today permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns in public. Such laws have led unequivocally to marked decreases in crime. They have cut murder by 7.65 percent, rape by 5.2 percent, and aggravated assault by seven percent. The seminal analysis by University of Chicago researcher...
...dramatic as these numbers are, will PAGE accomplish anything? The U.N. has a reputation for studying problems as a substitute for doing something about them. Its agencies churn out paper the way ragweed produces pollen, and most U.N. studies quickly disappear into file-cabinet oblivion in the offices of other paper shufflers. Moreover, after decades of conferences on environment and sustainable development, the natural response to such an assessment is, "Hasn't someone already done this...
Despite this dominance, Harvard, to its credit, was able to accomplish one of its pregame goals. Penn State is a tough serving team, and the Crimson was able to limit the Nittany Lions' serving attack to six aces and to force 26 service errors...