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Everyone asked to daydream about the future of Harvard policies first offers the caveat that no one knows exactly what the future holds. “I never make predictions, especially about the future,” confides Jay M. Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies. At the same time, people like Harris are in charge of deciding what the future holds. Harris sits on the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE), where he sifts through policy proposals aimed to improve the undergraduate academic experience...
...representative for Island Records came to see him with an offer to sell the independent label for $300 million. Levy knew that Island?s roster of popular acts, including U2 and Bob Marley, could boost PolyGram?s efforts to build market share quickly. But there was a caveat: if Levy wanted the deal, it had to be inked before the agent left the premises. Business executives negotiate for weeks, even months, before spending that kind of money. Not Levy. By 1 a.m., the deal was sealed. "He had the brains to assess the label?s financial and creative assets, comprehend...
...Greenspan's suggestion that the worst is over made for the happy news of the day, for investors his caveat about the best being a long way off may be the more salient prediction. Because despite the recent percolations in techs from semiconductors to data storage to cell phones, there's a bit of a chill blowing across Wall Street these days. And it's already being dubbed "the Enron effect...
...fact, if VMI's new rule were solely concerned with pregnant women, it might be okay. After all, I don't know any pregnant women who are interested in performing grueling physical exertions while fighting off morning sickness. (A caveat: As someone who has not experienced the rigors of either pregnancy or VMI, I am speaking from a purely theoretical standpoint...
...latter, there's no need to go to extremes and buy the biggest horse pills or the most expensive bottles. Megadoses can cause trouble, including excessive bleeding and neurological problems. One important caveat: it's easy to get too much retinol (preformed vitamin A) from supplements and diet, which may increase the risk of hip fractures and birth defects. So make sure that retinol is not the only source of vitamin A in your pills...