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...sets; it was based on the technological innovation at which Americans excel. Beginning in the early 1990s, the U.S. experienced one of its most sustained economic booms ever in part due to American superiority in the information technology at the heart of the New Economy. Meanwhile Japan's ascent faltered as U.S. carmakers narrowed the quality gap, and other nations, such as South Korea, began competing head to head with Japan in consumer electronics, autos and other products. No one is too worried about Japan taking over the world today...
...running the Boston Marathon. Somewhere in the 26.2 miles from the Hopkinton start to the Boston finish, you begin to have doubts. More than half of the course is behind you, but Heartbreak Hill still looms ahead—that steep one-half mile ascent. “My legs started falling apart,” Yuting P. Chiang ’10 says. “Little muscles I didn’t even know existed cramped up. I was about to hit Heartbreak Hill, and I was feeling dehydrated.” Chiang managed to pull through...
Soon it’s obvious this man is no ordinary professor, and that his story is no typical tale of ascent to the zenith of academia. He is a Harvard College Professor of Psychology. He is a recipient of the Royal Society Prize for Science. He is a high school drop out. He is Daniel Gilbert...
...Caleb L. Weatherl ’10, president of the Harvard Republicans, introduced Rove, saying that Rove was instrumental in the ascent of the Republican Party in formerly Democratic Texas...
...that he has a chance to make [the Pennsylvania race] close," said David Barker, a political science professor at the University of Pittsburgh. "I think if he loses by five or six points that will be perceived as a victory." Mindful that a rush of enthusiasm and a rapid ascent in the polls might raise expectations, as it did in Texas, the Obama campaign has done its best to underline how much of a challenge they face here. Still, their strategy seems to have gotten under Clinton's skin, as they make sure in Pennsylvania that they are never...