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...many subjects (public health, macro stabilization, etc.), advisory work is a critical component of first-rate research,” Sachs wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson yesterday. “It is akin to the fact that advances in human medical science often require a clinical setting as well, not simply an office or laboratory...
Most bakers, a proud, artisanal group, lambaste the anticarb crusade as a much hyped fad akin to the low-fat craze of the '90s. But they're still racing to de-carb themselves faster than the doughboy next door. Hedging their bets may be a smart move, since Americans eat 7% less wheat flour today (137 lbs. annually) than in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bread industry's research found that 40% of consumers cut down on bread last year compared with 2002. Not to mention pasta, potatoes and pizza...
...arts college—particularly if that institution is so unambiguous about its political leanings and its adopted dogma. The jury’s still out, of course, on PHC students’ viability in the job market. But if students’ attractiveness as employees is at all akin to college officials’ predictions and the White House Internship Office’s numbers, we can only expect PHC and other colleges to fill what is an immense demand for a higher education with a conservative bias...
...whites, and as alive as the indefensible lenience recently shown to the white murderers of Vincent Chin and Thung Phetakoune, who were never prosecuted for homicide despite staggering evidence of hate crimes. The way is paved for future violence, professional discrimination and even wholesale human rights violations akin to the internment of Japanese Americans between 1942 and 1946. Thus, instead of asking, “Can’t Asians take a joke?”, one should ask, “For how long must Asian Americans continue to take this joke?” Just as all jokes...
...crowds at their matches. One team member was especially pleased by a massage discount he enjoyed simply for being a Harvard student. Harvard public policy professor Kenneth Rogoff was impressed by the magnitude of the match, noting that “beating giant [Peking] University in chess is arguably akin to beating an Ohio State or a Miami in football.” In addition to his academic duties, Rogoff carries the title of chess grandmaster, the highest distinction awarded by the World Chess Federation...