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...Ryan and Matt, a self-absorbed UC just won’t cut it because the more the UC focuses on its internal affairs, the less it can do to affect students’ daily lives. While the rest of the UC was busy talking about Robert’s Rules of Order, section 62.35, bylaws, institutions, organizational growth, and optimization models, we saw Ryan reaching out to students. He didn’t speculate or make assumptions—instead, he did his research, asking students what they wanted and needed from their UC, and then immediately...
...question is the extent to which a secondary field in economics would affect enrollment in intermediate-level economics courses, Mankiw added...
...advantage. It’s like wearing a particularly sweet belt: not necessary for the survival of an outfit, but an interesting and notable addition. Harvard women are not, in general, daylight exhibitionists, so I doubt that fashion’s current tendency to downplay boobage will affect their classroom wardrobe all that much. Harvard women are more likely to sport low-cut shirts during the nighttime hours. Unfortunately, those revealing spandex tank tops, which many Harvard ladies like to wear to parties, oftentimes without a bra, are not in style anymore. “You are mysterious now; break...
...maneuvers that he or she would otherwise consider foolish. In the case of seat belts, instead of a simple, straightforward reduction in deaths, the end result is actually a more complicated redistribution of risk and fatalities. For the sake of argument, offers Adams, imagine how it might affect the behavior of drivers if a sharp stake were mounted in the middle of the steering wheel? Or if the bumper were packed with explosives. Perverse, yes, but it certainly provides a vivid example of how a perception of risk could modify behavior...
...humor in Bush's description of al-Maliki as "a strong leader." After all, just the previous day, a leaked memo from National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley had revealed how the Administration really views al-Maliki: as an isolated figure in the Green Zone with little demonstrable ability to affect the course of events outside...