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...local air pollutants from 20% to 70%, depending on sunlight levels and wind. (It also adds as much as 20% to the cost of the cement.) Cover 15% of the exposed surfaces of a city like Milan, Borgarello estimates, and you could cut pollution in half. And as a bonus, TX helps buildings stay whiter than white by resisting the pollutants that scar and stain cement over time. It's a benefit that's visible in the first structure to use TX cement, the 2003 Dives in Misericordia church in Rome by the architect Richard Meier, who is famous...
...ready for a little brainteaser?What do a hockey stick and a golf club have in common? To add to the fun, here’s a bonus question; what do a basketball court and a lacrosse field have in common? If you answered that they all involve highly competitive athletes, well, you’d be right, but then you’d be missing the whole point. However, if you answered Jenny Brine and Nicole Finelli, respectively, feel free to fill out your Harvard Sports Fan Club membership.It’s rare in this highly specialized...
...temper of their working lives over the past decade-the financial crisis of 1997, the dotcom implosion of 2000, the downturn in the wake of SARS in 2003-it's easy to see why Asian men have prioritized work. "Since 1997, it's not been possible to get a bonus," says Wong, the Hong Kong buyer and father of four. Spurred by the fear that their incomes will dry up or their jobs will be cut, many men work longer hours in a bid to prove their indispensability...
...company he mentions went so far as to calculate a star salesman's TCA--total cost of asshole--by totting up expenses attributed to his behavior. Turnover, legal bills and anger-management courses rang up a TCA of $160,000. So the company jerked some of the jerk's bonus...
...that is leading us in the wrong direction," says Anthony Marx, president of Amherst College. He and others warn of "hidden incentives," but sometimes they're in plain sight. Just this month, a compensation plan was approved for the head of Arizona State University explicitly tying a $10,000 bonus to a higher U.S. News ranking...