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...Similarly, your benchmark of 100 years ago is ludicrous-society has changed so much in the last century that you can't possibly advocate returning us to the mores and cultural structures of 1907. This is atavism, not social policy...
...issue is what benchmark we want to use. You want to look at teens-more medicated and more restricted than ever-post-Columbine. I want to look at American teens versus teens in history and teens in other countries around the world. Given those benchmarks, teen turmoil is still an enormous and costly problem in the U.S., and it's entirely unnecessary-a creation of a culture that infantilizes teens unnecessarily and completely isolates them from adults. Past puberty, teens are no longer children; rather than monitoring and medicating them, we need to give them meaningful incentives and opportunities...
...Harvard’s second-straight game against a ranked opponent, and if anything, the strong competition gives the young Crimson team a benchmark to strive...
...TIME: What city do you benchmark Hong Kong against? TSANG: As an international financial center, there are only two global benchmarks for Hong Kong: New York and London. Other places cannot compare with us. You look at the basic fundamentals to be an international financial center. Dubai doesn't come into the [picture] at all. Singapore doesn't come into it. It still hasn't got the freedoms we enjoy. Benchmarks must be above you, ahead...
...Nearly all tanzanite is heated to 450°C to develop its blue color, and the finest quality tanzanite is predominantly blue with violet accents. Quality tanzanite costs between $500 and $1,200 per carat at retail. Greig, the South African jeweler, says $1,000 per carat is a good benchmark. Buyers should demand certification from an independent laboratory. Top-grade flawless sells for $1,500 and up per carat and represents only 0.13% of TanzaniteOne's annual production, executives say. "Tanzanite is an amazing deep purply blue, and personally I find it more appealing than sapphire," says London jewelry designer...