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Part of the reason for this decline is the large amount of debt incurred by present law students, which was not the case in the past, Schlanger said...
...first-year jobs in the federal government and a Boston law firm earned about the same amount--about $60,000, adjusted for inflation, after taxes and loans, according to a recent Boston Globe article...
...kind of thing we should buy based on how much we like to touch their cases or admire their colorful design. I would probably agree. But adding a little color to our lives, wherever we can find it, adds another little bit of humanity and happiness. And given the amount of time I spend staring at my computer screen (and its beige box) anyway, it would be nice if it felt like a more touchable, more animated friend...
Combined with funds generated by "revolving," Harvard's commitment to providing a $20 million loan--over 20 years at 2 percent interest--will provide housing developers upward of 20 times that amount. Intermediaries will use University money to encourage additional giving from public and private institutions...
There is one fact, though, that everyone agrees on: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing steadily. It is near 360 parts per million today, vs. 315 p.p.m. in 1958 (when modern measurements started) and 270 p.p.m. in preindustrial times (as measured by air bubbles trapped in the Greenland ice sheet...