Word: comparison
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Plus, if you thought the acceptance rate for normal applicants was small... think again. In comparison to the record low 7.1 percent rate this year, acceptance for transfers is miniscule (traditionally, about five percent). So really, transfers probably wouldn’t have gotten in anyway, and Pilbeam is just saving everyone’s time and energy, not to mention a lot of seniors’ sanity...
...dark about whether they want their diploma framed or a yearbook. It seems once again the message being sent is that this graduation is the one that ‘matters.’ Both high school and law school’s final day will pale in comparison to our moment in Tercentenary Theatre, so now is the time to celebrate, commemorate and gather mementos no matter the price. But the hundreds (if not thousands) of additional dollars involved in all this are not necessary in order for seniors to bring their time at Harvard to a happy close...
...want people to use less energy, you could make it very expensive--or you could just let them know how much they use in comparison with their neighbors. When that bit of information was added to electric bills in San Marcos, Calif., heavy users quickly lowered their consumption, even though no one had asked them to. To borrow a term from behavioral economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein, the good people of San Marcos had been nudged...
...fishermen’s electric carts threatened to run visitors down, my stockings were soaked in fishy ice puddles, and I was giddy. Tsukiji is a foodie’s Disneyland and it made the late Fulton Fish Market in New York seem like a county fair in comparison. After perusing the breathtaking seafood selection, we lined up for breakfast in the outer market. The salmon, tuna, and sea urchin rice bowl I had for breakfast was unbelievable; it was unlike anything I’d ever tasted before. The tuna for once wasn’t mealy...
...nurse hotline and programs for pregnancy, oncology, and renal disease. Harvard decided to choose Harvard Pilgrim after soliciting proposals for consolidated coverage from its three current plans other than Harvard University Group Health Plan and from Aetna Inc, another health care benefits company. Aetna came out ahead in the comparison, conducted with the help of consulting firm Hewitt Associates, but the University chose Harvard Pilgrim because of its local roots, according to Socha. “Aetna is not a regional brand,” she said. “Harvard Pilgrim came in second and it was close enough...