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This cover shows unwavering focus, from the main title in giant gold block letters to the artistic rendering of the man himself looming over the authors’ names. Then there’s the red background, a not-so-subtle homage to the “little red book.” Apparently it’s a national bestseller, and Time Magazine seemed to like it. Plus, who wouldn’t want “the unknown story” on one of the world’s all-time most notorious dictators...
...good, right? That seems to be what his marketing team was thinking, since Buffett’s name, in red foiled lettering, dwarfs not only the little lighthouse hanging out on the aforementioned piece of land, but also the title, which practically gets lost against its background of sky with puffy white clouds. This would have made great beach reading, but might be too painful a reminder during the long winter months...
...that an implication of expanding the Core to include departmental courses is the fact that departmental courses with prerequisites can be approved to count for Core credit. Such courses, according to Lewis, “may not necessarily be designed for a general audience... A course may presume more background than students who do not have college-level background in something may have. For example, in quantum mechanics or organic chemistry—you’d clearly need background in those fields on the college level.”Under the current system, each Core bypass application goes through...
...League academy with prison-like discipline. Before classes on a recent morning, every seat is taken in Holy Spirit's chapel; there isn't a boy present. Senior students have organized a prayer service for Remembrance Day, marking the 1918 armistice. Many of the girls here have a Lebanese background. The prayers are mostly about hope and peace, asking the Lord to guide world leaders, to protect from harm Australian soldiers and Iraqis and, at home, to help people treat each other with respect and dignity. Outside, as the boys pass through the school gate, genial Malloy puts...
Harvard is not a meritocracy. Not only do the costs of this system weigh disproportionately upon Asian Americans, the considerations prioritized above merit also come at the expense of true diversity beyond racial tokenism: a diversity of socioeconomic background and representation from within racial groups...