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...Attracting the most shoppers of any QR, this class capitalizes on its nostalgic appeal—the nostalgia of patterns and prime numbers, factorials and probability. (“What’s the likelihood that two people in a class of 25 have the same birthday?” the professor coos while drawing a pretty picture on the board. “Order the same ice cream? Cheat off the same freshman?”) And let us not forget the most nostalgic bit: homework (a.k.a. busywork) assigned after each class. Quantitative Reasoning 48, “Bits...
...myself I hadn't been able to share with anyone else, that we had built up a real friendship, a trust. So when I finally met him face-to-face I had already fallen for him. He came to New York City for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in 2004 and wanted to meet my daughters, who were his muses for the painting. The moment we all met, I knew he and I were going to be more than client and artist. We got married on July...
...never found out. Just then, a procession of musicians and dancers appeared out of the rain, as if from the pages of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. On closer examination the women dancers were all young men in dresses. They explained, a little sheepishly, that it was the birthday of a local patron saint, and this saint wanted all the boys to dress in drag. Who was I to argue with a cross-dressing saint...
...attractive proposition for advertisers. Regardless of its ripple effects, free newspapers are definitely here to stay. Take City A.M. Targeted within London's financial districts, the free morning business daily's circulation has risen more than 20% over the past six months to 88,000. Celebrating its first birthday this week, the title is about to turn a profit. "We're in a niche market," says David Parsley, the paper's editor. "We're not claiming we're going to destroy anybody." Perhaps, but the hefty Financial Times can hardly be pleased. As the Standard heads for higher ground, competition...
...older. By 2030 there were nearly 18 million--1 out of every 20 people. Continued advances in medical science meant that more and more people were living as long as a century--good news for the likes of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 2031. But the rising proportion of the population in retirement imposed an ever higher tax burden on those still working. It also placed a sustained strain on the U.S. balance of payments, as the country consistently imported more than it exported, financing the difference by selling securities to foreigners...