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...businesses have used sophisticated statistical software programs for years. But with the sizzling speed of new desktop computers, the calculations that used to take 10 Ph.D.s weeks to complete can be accomplished in a few minutes by a purchasing manager with a bachelor's degree. As a result, smaller companies are catching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecasting: A New Crystal Ball | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

Born in 1852 and run over by a Barcelona tram 74 years later in 1926, Gaudí would probably be embarrassed by so much fuss. A vegetarian bachelor who washed in cold water and wore tattered suits, Gaudí avoided publicity. He left few personal papers, most of his architectural records were destroyed during the Civil War, and there are only a handful of black-and-white photos of him, which can't show the intense blue of his eyes. When not at building sites Gaudí spent much of his time kneeling in prayer. But he would probably have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaudí Mania | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

According to the Handbook for Students, “all candidates for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree must pass sixteen full courses and receive letter grades of C- or higher in at least 10.5 of them (at least 12.0 for a degree with honors).” That means if you’re working toward an honors degree you can take 8 courses Pass/Fail...

Author: By Jonathan P. Ungar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Succeed at Harvard Without Really Trying | 3/7/2002 | See Source »

...couples spent much of the meal reminiscing about vacations they had taken together. There was a trip to the Dominican Republic, where Mike got sick from the water and danced by himself, and the winter ski house upstate that Rob trashed--and Mike cleaned up--back in their bachelor days. As the evening wore on, the bartender, recognizing Mike from his picture, sent over round after round of beers. Then the talk turned, as all New York conversations eventually do, to Sept. 11. At one end of the table, Mike was finally speaking to Rob about that day. His main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory In The Glare | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

...That's Gross Giving birth to her first child at the age of 62 made French woman Jeanine Salomone special. Achieving motherhood by using her bachelor brother's sperm via in vitro fertilization made her repugnant to many. In the world's first case of clinical incest, the siblings duped a California fertility doctor into helping them become mom and dad - and aunt and uncle - to a baby boy. In a further twist, the boy was joined by a sister a week later after a surrogate mother, also impregnated with the brother's seed, delivered a baby girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scandals | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

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