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While the ranking of colleges is an arbitrary business, necessarily imperfect and inherently subjective, we feel that if the U.S. News is going to continue its annual survey, its editors might as well find a way to reach the correct conclusions. Whatever can be said about Harvard's performance in the last year, the thought that it could be outdone by lesser schools in Connecticut and New Jersey is, well, preposterous...
...radically mature, free and complete individuals. Today this goal appears Sisyphean, even ugly. Who can--or even dares to--permanently transcend all partiality, particularity and perspective? A person who succeeds in this kind of education will not need to indulge in outward experiences. He will not need others to correct or complement him. He will have overcome, to a scandalous extent, ignorance of what is good and bad, better and worse, important and trivial, right and wrong. He will not become indiscriminate, but will learn how to discriminate justly. If he shows contempt for others, he will do it with...
...hospital--and, if possible, to a specialized stroke-treatment center--as fast as they can. Neurologists have developed several other treatments to minimize stroke damage. For example, many patients become dehydrated, which slows down blood flow to the brain. By giving these patients intravenous liquids, doctors can correct the balance in the blood and prevent further damage...
...Superior Court will review all testimony presented at the previous two hearings and evaluate whether the ABCC made a correct decision based on all available evidence...
...unfamiliar with the city and are feeling goofy, take the Olde Town Trolley tour. The guides are funny, and the tour takes you to all the important sites. Like Cheers. Afterwards, board the Boston Tea Party ship in Boston Harbor and throw tea over-board (it's all environmentally correct; they haul it in again). In the spring, be sure to take a swan boat ride in the Public Garden--you read about them in Make Way for Ducklings. On both boats, you'll be about twice as tall and three times as old as everyone else, but that...