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...Sylla said such features had made Ferguson a hot commodity??one which he said Harvard had pursued for several years...
...agricultural policy not only fails to decouple all subsidies, but also fails to acknowledge the existence of a potentially more pernicious policy: tariffs. Both the EU and the U.S. impose suffocating import tariffs, often well above 100 percent of the commodity??s value, to block cheaply produced African goods from the lucrative western markets. The Institute of Economic Affairs, a British think tank, estimates that EU agricultural subsidies have reduced African exports of milk products by 90 percent, livestock by almost 70 percent and non-grain crops by 50 percent. Without European tariffs, the Food Policy Research Institute...
...even if House spirit remains a viable and valuable commodity??by no means a foregone conclusion—its promotion is nowhere near as important as treating people fairly. Moreover, I don’t think anyone would have trouble becoming attached to their new House each year; after all, first-years have no problem becoming quickly attached to their new dorms and exhibiting a great deal of dorm spirit within weeks, if not days, of arriving on campus...
...jokes that one of his colleagues used to say that “it would be wonderful if students just send in their money and stay at home.” The sentiment behind the humor, he says, is that “students are not an immediately rewarding commodity?? and professors prioritize publishing above guiding undergraduates...
What a difference three years makes. When Vaughan returned to Montreux in 1985 (the second of the two-disc set), audience reception was markedly different the first. Two top-40 albums later, Vaughan was a known commodity??when he graced the stage in 1985, the Swiss hailed him as conquering hero. Fueled by an audience eruption, Double Trouble positively tears into “Scuttle Buttin,” soaring with impossible runs over Layton’s fast and loose percussion. While maturity had refined his playing, Vaughan clearly hadn’t lost his competitive fire...