Word: confusionism
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Former Director of the University’s Office of Budgets and Financial Planning Dan Shore was named Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer on Monday. In addition to his official position, which he had held since 2003, Shore had been serving as Harvard?...
Consider two parallel graphs: one tracks the stock market during the past two weeks. Stamp it in steel and you could cut down a redwood with it. It's a jagged picture of uncertainty and confusion.
Wednesday's activity reflected that measured concern dominating the ebullience that drove the previous two sessions. Apart from Tokyo's Nikkei - which ended the day 1.1% higher - bourses across Asia all slumped. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 5%, for example, following its 13% surge earlier in the week. Europe...
And it might not just be simple anti-Americanism at work in parts of Western Europe. "Any program has its peaks and troughs," says Heidi Macpherson, chair of the British Association for American Studies. The current trough in Britain, she argues, can be partially explained by confusion over what the...
Because local officials have wide latitude in interpreting election laws that vary from state to state, misunderstandings - or misinformation - could have an even greater impact this year than in 2004, given the anticipated bulge in student turnout. Most of the trouble comes from nailing down where college students should be...