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...became the subject of my second book, The Trouser People. I returned perhaps a dozen times, witnessing changes that were usually for the worse. People grew poorer, stalked by disease and malnutrition. Inflation lurched ever upwards. Schools and hospitals crumbled with neglect. Insurgencies raged along the rugged borders. The brightest Burmese sought lives abroad. The only real constant was the junta, which had seized power in 1962 and run a promising nation into the ground...
...Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) will challenge the society’s Yale chapter in a poker tournament. Founded by Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson ’60, GPSTS aims to “create an open online curriculum centered on poker that will draw the brightest minds together,” according to the group’s online statement. The GPSTS currently has chapters organized at Stanford, UCLA, and Brown, in addition to Harvard and Yale. Nesson and third-year law student Andrew M. Woods, the interim president of the HLS chapter, said that...
...always, there are huge differences in achievement from state to state. Massachusetts is the brightest light. Not only does it have the highest average math and reading scores overall, it also has the highest percentages of students achieving at an "advanced" level and the fewest at a level below "basic". (NAEP scores fall into four categories: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, Below Basic...
...Living Color In every material and texture?from croc to rock and even plastic?designers are turning to the brightest hues. This page: Christian Louboutin Decolzep patent-leather pump, $650 saksfifthavenue.com) Fendi Sweetbox clutch, $1,490 (800-FENDI-NY); Lanvin petals brooch, $2,105 (Susan of Burlingame, 650-347-0452). Opposite page: Michael Kors alligator clutch, $3,900 michaelkors.com) Donna Karan Collection crocodile Torpedo ankle-cuff bootie, $5,425 donnakaran.com) Marc Jacobs lapis and gold-plated rivets bracelet, $2,550 marcjacobs.com...
...little bit more in the crucial run situations, the situations where they know we’re going to run. That’s where we need to take the next step to be physical enough, and execute enough to get first downs.” Dorris was the brightest star on a Harvard defense that did not look like the intimidating unit it was expected to be. His sack was the only one of the game for a team that averaged 4.3 per game last year, and the secondary was repeatedly exploited by Holy Cross’ four...