Word: accountants
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...cringed the first time I stepped on the scale and endured the indignity of learning that my "Wii Fit Age" - a figure that takes into account your weight, body mass index, and sense of balance - was nine years older than I actually am. Puh-leeze. The insolence. I was miffed alright. Even more horrifying was the colorful chart Wii Fit generated each day to detail my progress (and setbacks). I felt like a contestant on the Biggest Loser. I started thinking about those late-night cookies and other treats that no one knew about - for the first time...
...poignant essay by Gibbs is an insightful account of a good death. Making it comfortable for the dying person and getting the family, including children, to understand death are experiences which doctors can learn from in caring for their dying patients. Dr. Ee Heok, SINGAPORE...
...those who pick their noses. That’s what I have tried to do with this column this year: faithfully document the words and actions of my peers with the utmost in journalistic exactitude. “The Bystander” is an objective, balanced, wholly veracious account of the many facets of life at Harvard College. It is a comprehensive portrait, and a deeply insightful one at that...
...example, a higher percentage of births to non-Hispanic black and American Indian mothers occurred to mothers who did not receive adequate prenatal care, were unmarried or were teenagers, were having a fourth or higher order birth, or had not completed high school. Certainly, if you take into account these kind of factors, the racial disparity lessens, but it doesn't completely go away. Part of this racial disparity remains really unexplained. I think that's something that researchers have really been struggling with for decades, and there are no simple answers...
...improvements have supposedly been considered, concrete plans for reform are yet to emerge. Meanwhile, the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has embraced a proactive solution, outsourcing their e-mail needs to Google. Since last fall, the GSD has assigned all students a “gsd.harvard.edu” account that operates using a Gmail interface. Harvard College should consider a similar solution. The main changes that need to be made to Webmail’s antiquated system could easily be accomplished by outsourcing to a provider, like Gmail, who already provides the majority of Harvard students with...