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Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 stood in the spotlight this year for her criticism of University President Lawrence H. Summers, but she has also garnered attention for her unique background and a recent influential paper...
...dive and allegedly threw money in the cashier’s face, kicking the door and shattering glass after being asked to leave. And the defense has claimed that the jury was not privy to several assault and battery convictions that Rodriguez had racked up in years prior. This background information could have swayed jurors to believe that Colono and his cousin were the aggressors in the fight...
...former juror McDowell says that the jury was careful to avoid biases based on educational or socioeconomic background...
While the raucous MIT fans wailed in the background, the Crimson maintained its focus, knocking off the Engineers by one goal and evening out its record...
Ever since my grandparents bought me a police scanner last summer, constant squawking has filled the background of my daily life. The little black box on my bureau calls out street addresses, suspect descriptions, and the other minutiae of law enforcement’s lexicon. From speeding tickets to serious crime, the dispatches require a trained ear to filter out the real drama from the regular drivel...