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Faced with ubiquitous signs of global economic meltdown, investors sold stocks in force on Tuesday, dragging the broad market indexes down near the lows reached last November. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, weighed down by financials, fell 4.56%, while the Dow Industrials sank 3.8%, falling to within a fraction of its November 2008 low. Among the hardest hit sectors were bank stocks, down 10%, oil service stocks, down 8.2%, and semiconductor stocks, which fell 6.7%. Gold Mining was among the rare winners Tuesday, with the industry group rising 2.5%. (See pictures of the top 10 scared traders...
...through reams of genetic literature and analyzed the answers to 40,000 surveys she conducted on the dating site Chemistry.com for which she is a paid adviser. Her research led her inside the biological mechanisms of mate choice. In Why Him? Why Her?, Fisher posits that there are four broad temperament types--"explorer," "builder," "director" and "negotiator." Each of these types is expressive of a different neurochemical system: dopamine and norepinephrine; serotonin; testosterone; and estrogen. Using the data from Chemistry.com she observes which type is drawn to which...
...them that they don’t study facts. Being in the humanities myself, I decided to investigate the question, “Should one date outside the humanities?” in the most rigorous possible way. I talked to some people I knew in order to draw broad conclusions about the human condition—or, at least, the human condition at Harvard. “They’re intimidating,” one of my historian friends said, when asked why he had never dated a scientist. There were the logistical issues, of course: their long...
...Many praises aside, “Labyrinthes” may not always be the most engaging album. However this does not diminish the band’s accomplishment. By focusing on upbeat and lighthearted melodies, Malajube has succeeded in crafting an album that will capture a broad audience appreciative of the spirited songs despite the potential language barrier. —Staff writer Erika P. Pierson can be reached at epierson@fas.harvard.edu...
...phrase “Don’t check me out!”In the battle between nostalgia and relevance, the latter ultimately wins out, due to little more than cunning, guile and a true gift for songwriting. The Pains’ debut album is wrought in broad, confident brushstrokes of song, making evocative, yet playful gestures toward tearing down the temple they so firmly occupy. Gamboling through these most wintry of times with summer glee, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart gives us a welcome first album—terrible puns, names, clich?...