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Indeed, with Harvard’s bumper crop of plaudits rolling in, it seems Yale’s status as a safety school for kids who didn’t have the scores, the grades or the clean arrest record to get into Harvard is becoming even more obvious. The Times Higher Education Supplement just ranked Harvard the best university in the world. Continuing to sow the seeds of mediocrity, Yale scored, you know, a respectable eighth. Even Stanford, famous for resembling the world’s biggest Taco Bell, managed to score higher...
...feverish affair of Hollywood and Madison Avenue is hotter than ever as Tinseltown produces a crop of mini-movies--with stars and special effects--to help hawk goods...
...nuclear material." U.S. officials have begun to keep a closer eye on heavy-truck traffic across the border. The Mexicans will also focus on flight schools and aviation facilities on their side of the frontier. And another episode has some senior U.S. officials worried: the theft of a crop-duster aircraft south of San Diego, apparently by three men from southern Mexico who assaulted a watchman and then flew off in a southerly direction. Though the theft's connection to terrorism remains unclear, a senior U.S. law-enforcement official notes that crop dusters can be used to disperse toxic substances...
Mother Nature has wreaked havoc on the California tomato crop, where the majority of growing regions for tomatoes are located. As a result, there has been a steep reduction in the amount of tomatoes available. In addition, according to Crista Martin, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Director of Marketing and Communications, “what can be harvested is of mediocre quality at best.” Unfortunately, Harvard can’t buy its way out of this one, and HUDS has been receiving fewer and fewer shipments...
DRAWING ACCOLADES AS PRECOCIOUS PRODIGIES, A NEW crop of budding artists is attracting attention from dealers and collectors this fall. While some schoolmates are just graduating from coloring books, these kid artists are earning thousands for their canvases. --By Jeremy Caplan...