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...mention here, because it really stuck, asks us to be friends on Facebook, we happily friend that person. Because we're all grown up now. We're bigger than that. Or some of us are, anyway. We're in therapy, and it's going really well. These are just broad generalizations. Next reason...
...that the people in the midst of it to some extent lose their minds. They are robbed of their ability to reason and see things clearly. They lose the compass they may have had. Even the analytic ability of "experts" is compromised, so the spreads among forecasts get very broad as things get worse. It might be of some comfort that all analysts think that 555 banks will fail in the next 24 months. Instead, some put the number at 200 and others at 1,400. The facts at the center of the analytic process change so fast that even...
...thing is seeing how much participation there is from other schools,” said Bowman. “When you’ve got kids from four different colleges all coming together and sharing, you really can see that the interest in endowments and investing responsibly is a broad, broad movement.” The conference represented a “new kind of activism coming to Harvard,” said SLAM member Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09. “Even though our endowment is currently down, the way to rebuild...
...advances the mental health community has made in recent decades, including pharmacological treatment, the biggest factors influencing suicides rates seems far beyond its reach. "Suicide rates appear to be quite strongly associated with broad sweeping cultural trends rather than more minor things such as a treatment," notes retired Colonel David Litts, who played a key role in reducing suicide within the Air Force by 60% in five years. (The overstretched Army, by contrast, is still experiencing historically high rates.) "So in the face of this economic turmoil perhaps the most important thing we can do is relieve the financial strains...
...Biden, unveiling the broad contours of Obama's new foreign policy framework, made clear that the cost to Europe for a greater share in the decision-making would be a willingness to shoulder a greater share of the burden. While pledging to abide by international rules, fight climate change, engage with the Islamic world and "press the reset button" with Russia, Biden warned that Washington would also expect changes from Europe. "America will do more. That's the good news," he said. "The bad news is that America will ask for more from our partners as well." (See pictures...