Word: comparison
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...shill for free? "It gives people social currency," says Walter Carl, an assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University. Inside access to products and the feeling that companies care about what you and your friends think are such strong motivating forces that other forms of compensation pale in comparison. BzzAgent's members earn reward points, which they can cash in for prizes like DVDs and books--yet 87% of them never...
...student shared with me her curiosity when her Expository Writing teacher made a point of encouraging students to take the time to read and consider the feedback he had written on their midterm papers rather than just paying attention to the grade, which the teacher felt was meaningless in comparison. It is this kind of encouragement with regard to the process of learning that needs to be valued at Harvard. It is my opinion that this is something that deserves the attention of university counselors, mental health professionals, faculty, advisors, deans, proctors, tutors, and students alike. Myths about perfectionism...
...lasted 18 months, and her second remission had just reached 19 months." In fact, none of the 20 subjects relapsed while receiving the vaccine, and all had remissions that lasted significantly longer than their previous ones. Indeed, although the average second remission in follicular lymphoma lasts 13 months (in comparison with an average first remission of about two years), only a few of Bendandi's patients have relapsed since the vaccines stopped. All the rest are still in remission - including three who have been cancer free over five years...
...encounters—once, memorably, about finding a condom in her nether regions several hours after a tryst—last August.Since then, Chen, who is also Crimson magazine editor, has written articles for the Boston Globe and Hustler. She has appeared in numerous national media outlets, drawing frequent comparison with Natalie Krinsky, whose raunchy Yale Daily News column spawned the novel Chloe Does Yale. Now, Chen pens a column for CollegeHumor.com and hopes to sign a book deal. Chen is the most obviously successful of a dozen or so Harvard students who have used their blogs as stepping stones...
Conroy, a Crimson editor, is as an old-hand at marathoning in comparison to his roommate—he has already completed two marathons and an “ironman” triathlon. Conroy’s first marathon was two years ago in Hartford, Conn...