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...even though (or, perhaps, because) the risk of getting caught is high, especially now that activity-shielding amenities such as blankets have gone the way of in-flight meals, the mile-high club still has many clamoring for membership. Here are a few tips to help you reach brave new heights...
...between Saturday's rhetoric and Monday's reckoning was amply visible in advance. For all the brave-sounding statements about a common response at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conclave on Saturday, he and Merkel, along with Prime Ministers Gordon Brown of Britain and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, couldn't agree on substantial international measures to shore up Europe's beleaguered financial markets; they in fact had little standing to do so. By Sunday, the national governments in the 27-member E.U., including the 15 that use the euro currency, all seemed concerned first and foremost with the conditions...
Raúl A. Carrillo ‘10 is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. His column “Brave New World” will explore globalization, world affairs, and the future of human society on alternate Fridays...
...often happens in moments of crisis, the candidates were themselves, only more so. McCain was the action hero, who promised to do the brave, hard things that no one else could. Fire the SEC Chairman! Suspend the campaign! Let's Make a Deal! He was a human diorama of the Great Man theory of history. Of course, getting credit for bringing all parties to the table to reach a historic agreement that pretty much everyone hates may make him wonder if action is overrated, especially after his campaign's self-congratulatory statements ended up being premature. Even with stakes higher...
Seniors beginning their job searches amid doom-ridden news of bank failures and Wall Street woes found a broader palette of jobs on display at the Office of Career Services’s Career Forum on Friday, an event that saw 1,500 students brave the pouring rain to meet with upwards of 140 employers. The participation of 38 consulting firms and 37 finance companies represented a strong presence at the event, though notably absent were major banks including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, which have attended the career fair in the past. OCS’s interim director, Robin...