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...Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of $33 billion according to its Web site, is the only non-profit organization to boast a larger endowment than Harvard University, which has just over $29 billion in its coffers...
...vocational training - has earned a glowing reputation among universities and companies recruiting trained workers. Its director says almost all youths leave the school with a diploma or professional training certificate, and estimates around 90% of those who receive occupational training find jobs within six months. That's no small boast in an area where unemployment ranges from 25-40%. "You work harder here and the rules are stricter, but that's why you come," explains Axel Blanchard, 15. "All I want is that line on my CV that says, 'Graduated Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.' What that represents can change...
...building does boast its share of architectural quirks...
...know who has a mind? According to responses to an online survey conducted by the Harvard Psychology Department, we believe people with minds boast two attributes: agency and experience. “The common perception was that an adult human had the most mind and there’s a little less when you get to a baby, even less when you get to a man in a vegetative state, all the way down to a dead person when there’s no one there at all,” said Professor of Psychology and the senior author...
Poison isn’t very appetizing; unfortunately, it pervades much of the American diet. Trans fat, after all, is just a poison that happens to be cheaper to produce and boast a longer shelf life than healthier fats and oils. The New York City Board of Health in December voted to eliminate the substance from restaurants city-wide by 2008. The unprecedented ban should serve as an example for a similar Cambridge initiative...