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...Harvard name keeps students here, but what drives this dissatisfaction? Does the University’s lack of concern breed unhappiness? Are Harvard students inherently difficult to please? Or is there simply a culture of discontent that compels students to complain whenever they...
Pippi was just the first in a line of new adopted siblings. Though our dogs, or as my mother would insist “our pulis,” called by their breed, have always been a part of the family, the Pippi adoption underscored her growing obsession. Her potential bid for a spot on the local puli lovers’ club board of directors left her little time to contemplate the empty nest I had left. Then there was my father’s decision to drive to the Bronx and rescue what he described...
...France: Chalet M?l?ze Courchevel 1850 is in the Trois Vall?es, the largest ski complex on the planet (over 600 km of trails). This is the resort that perfected luxury chalet vacations, and M?l?ze is among the best of the breed: a catered private four-bedroom trailside chalet with such ski necessities as Turkish baths and massage rooms. But book soon?at just $30,000 a week in high season, it's going fast. The price is all inclusive for eight people, except transportation and lift tickets ($250 per person...
...even better in the hinterland than going to war in Chechnya. Ordinary Russians shed no tears for the oligarchs, although in some quarters Khodorkovsky's arrest could turn him into a martyr. But unlike in the West, in Russia he's not seen as an icon of the new breed of businessman. For common Russians he's an icon of all the sins of the last ten years. That's to the extent that anyone in the hinterland is paying much attention to this. It's not foremost on their minds, even if it will almost certainly effect their future...
Herschbach joked that his participation in the show might dispel some stereotypes of his colleagues. “For a lot of people, scientists seem to be a breed apart,” he said. “But scientists enjoy having fun as much as anyone else...