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...reasons for your decision, you immediately become “gutsy” and “impressive” and they are “so jealous of such a wonderful opportunity.” Potential employers will look at you differently as well. This is not a bad thing—you may also look differently at potential employers...
...Harvard been prone to these streaks? It really is impossible to answer that question with any accuracy. I could try to put my finger on something like pre-season preparation, confidence, the academic schedule, or some other cause, but the truth may be that these streaks of really bad and really good are just coincidences...
...long as we have an archaic, industrial-age school system. It's also hard to keep a strong democracy with a citizenry that is increasingly uneducated and ill informed. No, teachers' unions are not the only problem here. Troglodytic local school boards and apathetic parents are just as bad. But the unions, and their minions in the Democratic Party, have been a reactionary force in education reform for too long. Barack Obama began to change that last year with Race to the Top. It's a fight he needs to expand...
...nation's banking system. Many economists expect the large surge in credit to lead to a growing number of nonperforming loans (NPLs). In a November report, UBS economist Wang Tao calculates that if 20% of all new lending in 2009 and 10% of the amount in 2010 goes bad over the next three to five years, the total amount of NPLs from China's stimulus program would reach $400 billion, or roughly 8% of GDP. Though Wang notes that the total is small compared with the level of NPLs that Chinese banks carried in the past, she still calls...
...worried that the creatures might make a meal of you the next time you're on the road - or, worse, hitch a ride back home in your luggage - there's good news and bad. The bad: There's currently no official database where you can check if your hotel has suffered an outbreak, and hotels are not required to report infestations. The good news is that, even if your room does have the bugs, they're unlikely to sneak up on you. The insects are large enough to see with the naked eye, which means a simple check...