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...FIRM DOLLAR Many believe the buck, which slumped 17% against the euro last year, will continue to weaken as the U.S. government keeps spending money it doesn't have. Yet rising interest rates attract foreign investment and often buoy the dollar, which firmed noticeably after Greenspan's rate signal in late January. The buck may hold firm if, as seems logical, Europe cuts interest rates to combat slow growth. A steady dollar would remove the currency edge of foreign securities, which in dollar terms rose nearly twice as much as they did in local currencies last year. You should favor...
...knew it would attract attention, but I guess we were a little naïve,” says Hrdy...
...She’s a major pioneering scholar of American women’s history,” he said. “She’s already begun to attract a number of graduate students who want to study with...
...unlike Balestracci, whose Boston-area legend did little to attract bona fide national attention during his final year of high school, O’Hagan drew more than a fleeting glance from not just a selection of the Crimson’s Ivy rivals, but a bevy of schools prominent in Division I-A. Most notably Boston College, Colorado, Minnesota and Vanderbilt tendered scholarship offers, while Stanford—where his elder brother David occupies a spot in the baseball team’s starting rotation—showed similar interest but did not make a formal...
...facilities attract the best researchers in Renaissance art history studies who hole themselves up here for a year of study. It is something of a cult to visit, marked only with a discreet note on the electronic security gate that opens into paradise for art scholars. Respect for the founder abounds: one veteran of the center is fond of using the term “Berensonian” and situating time with the terms “pre-Berensonian,” “post-Berensonian.” There are no signs that this is part of Harvard...