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...heart of Quadlings’ perennial complaints is the apparently insurmountable distance that separates the three-house fortress-of-solitude from the rest of the Harvard campus. Shuttles, Quad residents complain, rarely run when they should and are frequently overcrowded. Even if we ignore the fact that this criticism applies to just about every transportation system on earth—Boston’s subway doesn’t run on time, neither do major airlines—it still oughtn’t carry much weight. For one thing, it’s not true; while shuttles do occasionally...
...when used carefully, one of hip-hop’s greatest strengths is its ability to assimilate a mind-boggling diverse variety of source material. The next time you hear someone complain about how all rap “sounds the same,” have them check out one of these tracks...
...author of a column premised on whining, poses weekly for photos whose purpose is to portray him as unflatteringly as possible—and never complains. This is not because Stephen is a masochist; if there’s anyone who will stand up for himself in the face of mistreatment (or for that matter, for anyone else who has been mistreated, may have been mistreated, or might in the future be mistreated), it’s Stephen. He doesn’t complain because he really doesn’t care. His energy goes to more important purposes, like...
...from? He said he got them from India. He says many people feel stressed, and so a yoga club. I think the spirit of enterprise is taking hold. They are trying out new businesses. You can have an office in your home, so long as the neighbors don't complain. You can start a boutique or a restaurant in a residential neighborhood if it is not a nuisance. And if there are three or four more of them, we'll change it from a residential to commercial area. But it's not going to happen overnight...
...fact-based case to the hardest-nosed engineer in the world that we've eliminated the volume of volatile organic compounds" without increasing costs, says Swartz. "That's not limousine liberal, not self-indulgent. It is hard-nosed business. That is the innovation we seek." When foreign vendors complain that water-based adhesives are too expensive, Swartz says, Timberland invites their engineers to its plant in the Dominican Republic and shows them how to cut costs...