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...have to think what she thinks I’m going to do, and then do the opposite.” After Grigg took a 7-1 lead in the decisive fifth game, Lorentzen finally regained her form to pull out a 9-7 win and claim the title her No. 1 seeding had predicted. But Grigg didn’t seem too upset with the way her tournament run had ended. Either way, the Ramsay Cup was back in Crimson hands. “Lily’s just a fantastic player—either way it?...
There isn’t anything wrong with being a vegetarian, at least not terribly. Some people are vegetarians for religious reasons and some for health (though the claim that vegetarianism is actually healthier is largely unsubstantiated). Others are vegetarians because they feel bad for the animals; the sounds of bleating sheep—bahh!—ring in their ears every time they cut into filet...
Without much oil under its sands, Dubai is no petro powerhouse. But you can't beat it for being the most colorful sheikdom in the Middle East--or the most ambitious. What other desert land can claim one of the world's largest indoor ski slopes, featuring fresh powder year round? While flying in on the stylish, state-owned Emirates Airlines, you might notice the artificial islands in the shape of a palm tree or the 56-story Burj al-Arab hotel, as tall as the Eiffel Tower, built like a billowing sail. Westerners are welcome, along with their vices...
...curricular review this spring. He called the curricular review “our highest priority,” warning that Harvard is otherwise at risk of becoming a great research university with merely sub-par undergraduate teaching. “Only when our College and University equally can claim to be second to none can we begin to feel satisfied,” wrote Kirby.Kirby’s intuitions are correct. The call to put the curricular review on hold until a new Dean of the Faculty has been appointed is erroneous for a number of reasons.First, we believe...
...standard of living in Mexico, which, in the long run, reduces immigration. Moreover, undocumented workers pay sales and property taxes just like American citizens. In addition to paying federal taxes, most undocumented immigrants also contribute billions of dollars to Social Security—a benefit they often cannot later claim due to their lack of appropriate documentation. In short, while immigrants are a fiscal drain in states with large undocumented immigrant populations, they are also net contributors to the federal treasury. Many believe that this “wall” will halt the flow of undocumented Mexicans into...