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...talk about plagiarism lately, and it’s gotten me a little nervous. I scrutinized all my past columns to make sure that I had not unintentionally plagiarized someone else’s work, and to my chagrin, I uncovered a potential problem with my Apr. 27 piece on dating advice. After extensive research, I was shocked to discover that, in fact, there have been not one, but many past articles about dating advice. Just typing “dating advice” into Google alerted me that I had accidentally copied this topic idea from...
...Apr. and Sept.-Oct., slow times for prestige movies and blockbusters, are the big seasons for horror films. Scare cinema opens at its peril in the summer: Snakes on a Plane won its weekend, but did only about $15 million, much less than predicted. Come September, though, The Covenant took the top slot, and The Grudge 2 was #1 two weeks ago. Other horror pictures, Final Destination 3, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Beginning and The Hills Have Eyes (a sequel, a prequel and a remake) weren't their weekends' champs, but each took in more than $15 million...
...good luck,” not, “Wow, I just made a profit.” According to that, though, the penny doesn’t actually hurt anyone. In fact, the only people who should really care about its fate are people who pay taxes. On Apr. 22, The New York Times reported the updated cost of producing a single penny—1.4 cents. This is lost wealth in more ways than the obvious. Washington estimates that two-thirds of all pennies are no longer in circulation, representing millions of dollars down the drain. Still...
...yearly review of your credit cards is a good idea. First, check the annual percentage rate, or APR, which is your total cost of carrying a balance. If you're paying more than 14%, ask why. Look for recurring fees. You may have signed up for a card with no annual fee, but that doesn't mean one wasn't tacked on. There is also a fee (up to $39) for spending beyond your credit limit and one for paying by phone ($15). Penalty fees account for a third of the industry's revenue, twice the share...
...named captain of the 2006 Crimson on Nov. 22.Two other players, Danny P. Lane ’07 and James R. Velissaris ’07, were also suspended this spring after an allegedly alcohol-related confrontation with a shuttle driver in front of Currier House on Apr. 29. Both will miss Harvard’s Sept. 16 opener against Holy Cross.When first asked about the pair of incidents, Murphy told The Crimson that he was “definitely concerned about drinking and binge drinking,” though he said he thinks that “historically...