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What is the cost of winning? Every now and then there are a few sports teams that put this question to the test. The Yankees do this annually when they spend lavishly on new players in the off season, despite the fact that the return on this investment has been only two World Series championships in the last decade. Two weekends ago, a soccer game of the highest caliber tested the spend-happy habits of another blockbuster team, and the results were, unsurprisingly, the same...
Although former players may want the NFL to agree to cover the cost of psychological and medical care for retirees dealing with lagging head injuries, this only deals with the end result of the problem. Players and advocates are also searching for rule changes, but that, too, will only result in inadequate, quick fixes...
Robin E. Mount, director of the Office of Career Services, said that although some young people may view graduate school as a way to sit out the financial crisis, students should think carefully before deciding to enroll, as graduate school is a personal experience and can cost a great deal of money...
...classes must scramble to find extra Teaching Fellows, a slow process that can delay sectioning and the syllabus. These TFs are also frequently underqualified, drawn from a subdiscipline barely relevant to the class. The current pre-registration plan hopes to cut down on this initial chaos—which cost Harvard one million dollars last year—but eliminating shopping would end it definitively...
Werthmann added that he hopes to create a cost-effective model for installing green roofs, as the high costs of the new green technologies often deters companies and other institutions from retrofitting old buildings...