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...Over the past few weeks, the Isis Club has compiled a detailed electronic “punch book” in which members evaluated potential inductees. The comments in the punch book appear to illuminate the criteria that particular Isis members apply when evaluating prospective members—but do not reveal which of the applicants actually will be offered admission. The archives accessed by The Crimson do not contain a record of the in-person discussions held by club members as they pared their punch class down...
...quite possible that our criteria for obesity and our thinking about its medical implications have been warped by fashion. We all know morbid obesity when we see it; clearly, it interferes with activities of daily living and makes people unhappy and unhealthy. But being too lean may also compromise health and successful aging. I believe that those who are somewhat overweight but fit in middle age may enjoy a healthier and longer old age than those who are lean...
...following pieces provide perspectives on different types of understanding, from domestic rural poverty to global poverty, from intolerance to opportunity. Their writers were given no criteria other than to write about poverty. Even the diversity of their opinions only touches the surface of true understanding...
...industry where casting criteria other than talent?family ties, sex appeal, mob pressure?are often rumored to play a role, Bachchan rose to superstardom by delivering consistently towering performances. It also helped that he gave a lot of them: Sarkar ("boss" in Hindi), a stylish interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, is his 152nd movie. But Bachchan also had a profound connection to his public. In the 1970s and 1980s, as India stagnated under an autocratic government and the suspension of civil liberties during Indira Gandhi's 1975-1977 Emergency, Bachchan played a series of angry young...
With regards to grants, the key is to figure out what criteria a candidate would use to dole out money. The best way to do this is to come up with hypothetical situations: Would you give grant money to a small student group with a good idea, or would you give it to a larger group that many not have as good of a proposal...