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...last as long as half of the class time and Laibson does an impressive job of intelligently and intuitively answering every question while maintaining the attention of students. Laibson is surprisingly accessible to students and is not afraid to crack a joke or two in class. Shleifer, in stark contrast, comes off as much more dry and less approachable. This distinction comes from his frank and unaffected demeanor in lecture and the boring course material doesn’t help. Unfortunately, the TFs for this class vary in quality as widely as Michael Jackson does in appearance. Most recently...
...criteria than their regular-decision counterparts. “There is no strategic advantage to applying to Harvard Early Action,” according to the College Admissions Office website. But Harvard’s acceptance rate in the early round last fall was 21.0 percent—in contrast to a 9.3 percent acceptance rate overall, according to figures from the College...
...criteria than their regular-decision counterparts. “There is no strategic advantage to applying to Harvard Early Action,” according to the College Admissions Office website. But Harvard’s acceptance rate in the early round last fall was 21.0 percent—in contrast to a 9.3 percent acceptance rate overall, according to figures from the College...
...tissue may play a role, "causal links between body fat and disease remain hypothetical." They cite a recent U.S. study that found women who'd had an average of 10 kg of fat removed by liposuction had no improvements in health markers over the next three months. By contrast, it's well established that people who merely add a little exercise to their lives can improve their health profile-though not necessarily their thigh or waist measurements-in the same period...
...inside the forum, Khatami faced a relatively polite audience, a marked contrast to previous controversial visitors...