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...economies underdeveloped: "By the middle of the nineteenth century, servicing of foreign debt absorbed almost 40 percent of Brazil's budget, and every country was caught in the same trap. Railroads formed another decisive part of the cage of dependency ... Most of the loans were for financing railroads to bring minerals and foodstuffs to export terminals. The tracks were laid not to connect internal areas one another, but to connect production centers with ports ... thus railroads, so often hailed as forerunners of progress, were an impediment to the formation and development of an internal market...
...Free Press did something that very few metro dailies can. It devoted two reporters to the developing story and obviously gave them the time and resources that they needed to bring the whole package of investigating and writing articles home. Newspapers cannot afford this kind of effort the way that they could when two Washington Post (WPO) reporters broke the Watergate story after months of work in 1972 and 1973. The newspaper business was profitable then, very profitable. Some large dailies made margins of over 30%. The Internet as we know it would not be invented for nearly 25 years...
...world of uncertainty, we can often turn to sport as our international language. The universality of watching and appreciating, in its simplest terms, a game between two opposing forces can bring us together to create a common ground transcending ideology, nationality, and race.It is a theory put to the test in the sometimes insular, often elaborate, yet always enthralling web of sport in America.Two years ago, I forsook the rural pleasantries of my sleepy town in northeast Scotland to embark on a grand journey to Harvard. Shuffling restlessly in my economy class seat thousands of feet above the Atlantic Ocean...
...back shit-faced from her first ever final club outing, only to puke all over my brand new rug. FML. Can you spell that, little one? Oh, and of course I’m totally into the number droppers—the ones who find the need to casually bring up their 2400’s and 4.0’s, as if they were contributing to some thread on College Confidential. Well, here’s some news for you: I’ve got enough stats to deal with for my pset due Friday. Oh, and nobody...
...nature of tennis. “We’ve built a really cohesive team,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said. “If one person is not on top of their game, someone else will step up theirs. Every time we go out not everyone can bring their best day, so I think we’ve been able to work out a system where everyone is really supportive.”This network of support has been significantly facilitated by the freshmen on the roster. Freshman Camille Jania became the first freshman since 2005 to open...