Word: consciousnesses
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...latest in a nearly unbroken year-and-a-half streak of falling sales. And if the cratered economy is the main culprit behind backed-up inventory at U.S. car dealers, another is that American automakers have failed to produce the more fuel-efficient vehicles that gas-price-conscious car buyers are beginning to demand. As a result, the U.S. still sends hundreds of billions of dollars overseas for oil - and adds ever more greenhouse-gas pollution into the atmosphere...
...hope that the university follows the students’ example and continues to prioritize green causes. As an appropriate conclusion to an environmentally conscious year, Secretary Chu’s selection as Commencement speaker will reinforce the Harvard community’s efforts in building awareness about climate change, alternative energy, and the environment in general. While Chu may not have the celebrity aura of Commencement speakers of years past, he will undeniably reiterate to Harvard students the importance of active participation in what is perhaps the most important problem the world faces today. The current efforts of Harvard?...
Nevertheless, in body-conscious Brazil, the nation of Gisele Bündchen, plastic surgery and minuscule bikinis, it was the obesity figures that caused the most anxiety. Any suggestion that the girl from Ipanema is not necessarily tall and tan and young and lovely, but could possibly be short and pale and fat and ugly, can cause a scandal here. When the New York Times reported in 2005 that Brazilians were getting fatter, the correspondent came under attack in the media as a gay, Brazilian-hating heretic...
...with the virus’ diminishing presence at Babson, the attention now shifts to other Boston area colleges and what needs to be done to prevent a similar campus outbreak. In Harvard’s case, administrative officials echoed Hanno’s call for a health-conscious and hygienic campus. “The only thing that we can do is practice good hygiene. Good hygiene is essential in preventing these types of infections,” said David S. Rosenthal ’59, the director of Harvard University Health Services. Harvard already requires hand sanitizer in every...
...were conscious and paying at least some passing attention to popular culture in 2006 or 2007, chances are you remember the infectious whistled hook and pitter-patter bongos of Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks.” Its innate cuteness won enough hearts to pass into mainstream consciousness and catapult the Swedish trio to relative renown. Its sheer ubiquity was perhaps best revealed when Kanye West remixed it on his mixtape “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” PB&J followed up the success...