Word: actualizers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From that suspended moment--with the smell of revelation in the air but the actual article nowhere to be found, as if the author had accidentally left it in his other coat--2666 tacks sideways into the mind of a philosophy professor who teaches in Santa Teresa and may slowly be going insane, and then again into another genre entirely, a hard-boiled yarn about a journalist sent to Santa Teresa from New York City to cover a boxing match. It becomes clear only in the book's fourth section that Bolańo is performing these lateral leaps the better...
...It’s good to see actual people who did that,” he said. “It’s a lot different from sitting here at college doing a drill every week...
...culture: Already, HSPH classes running under the new curriculum have been reported to be more interactive, engaging, and practical by the student body. Beyond the improvement to classroom atmosphere are the gains in graduate preparedness: No doubt, future classes of HSPH grads will be better armed to tackle the actual problems of public health. Having to deal with real case studies—from the health repercussions of Astroturf to the dangers of the international sex trade—will effectively combat the insular nature of academic study, which too often looks at single issues in isolation. Instead, case studies...
...satisfied with broad-based mutual funds and insist on playing games in the stock market, is finding stocks that haven't been tracking their industries quite so closely. There you've got more of a chance of the market valuing your stock based on the actual value of your stock. And that, for a stock picker, is a good thing. Assuming, once again, that you're right...
...somewhat, but not the sharp retail decline reported [elsewhere],” said Jeffrey Mayersohn ’73, owner of the Harvard Book Store. “We do one year comparisons on a daily basis, and our sales are down somewhat, but on particular days, they are actually ahead of where we were last year. It’s a mixed picture.” Paul MacDonald, owner of Leavitt and Peirce—the 125-year-old tobacco and specialty shop on Mass. Ave—said he was confident that his store’s unique...