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...whole has an even distribution between males and females. The gender gap at Harvard trails the national statistics presented in the Harvard study because “the more selective the college, the lower will be the ratio of females to males even if admissions were on a gender-blind basis,” said Goldin. The reason for this is that the most dominant female-to-male ratios occur among lower socioeconomic status families, while the ratio among wealthier families is more balanced. Katz said that “since Harvard tends to draw from the higher part...
...even as it remains ever elusive and unfulfilled. “So we beat on,” Fitzgerald writes, “boats against the current,” and Gatsby’s story is one played out over and over again in every generation. To be blind to the beauty of Gatsby is to be blind to the meaning of America...
...wine producers and distributors. Wine is either brought by the invited speaker or purchased with membership dues, which are around $150 per year, Ford says. The group also holds a “boot camp,” an intensive week-long set of tastings that culminates in a blind-tasting night. “It’s amazing how much you can learn in such a short time,” says third-year law student Ommeed S. Sathe. “It’s more serious than other events, and you remember a lot?...
...when you sit through this film, you feel insight into the totality of the event. That’s why we’re in the air traffic system and the merchant control systems so that you can see it at eye level and...how, like us, they were blind...and struggled to grasp what was going on. Once I seized on that as my way in, it became a question of the plane. The hijackers are the heart of 9/11. Flight 93 was the last plane in the air simply because of air traffic control problems at New York?...
...Margret. She shimmies, gracefully waves her arms, pauses briefly to adjust her fringed costume. But she never loses eye and mind contact with the viewer. The erotic pull is secondary to the emotional magnetism. This is plain old star quality, and the folks at Fox must have been blind to miss...