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Despite the flaws in execution, this book’s intent is something that academia needs. Intelligence may be something of a cult, but stupidity only receives cursory treatment. IQ tests, Mensa societies and SAT scores all measure intelligence, but stupidity remains the butt of crude humour and careless thought. Precisely because the state of being dumb has no analogue to being smart, Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid provides valuable insight into a subject that eludes, but intrigues...
...over-year), ChevronTexaco (down 70 percent), Conoco (down 84 percent) or ExxonMobil (down 58 percent). And the oft-quoted Marathon Oil? Net income in Q1 2002 was down 87 percent from 2001, due primarily to - as was the case for all of the above - reduced profit margins for refined crude products...
Will Chavez stay true to form or will he stabilize his position by loosening the spigots? Frenzied oil traders at first bid down the price of crude 6% following initial news of his removal. But there's a good chance they will be bidding prices up again just as Americans are ready to hit the road for the summer driving season. --By Adam Zagorin
...everyone's having 70s flashbacks. Stocks sold off across the board Tuesday, with the Dow losing another 49 points, the S&P dropping 10 and the NASDAQ losing 58 (although techs are dealing with internal earnings issues more than geopolitical ones). Crude oil prices, meanwhile, hit six-month highs during Tuesday's session, and coal, natural gas and pipeline stocks followed suit to become the new hot tickets of the week...
...serious jobs, but they're missing the point. Multitools are about expecting the unexpected. When you and your buddies find yourselves locked out of your Honda Civic in the parking lot of TGI Friday's at 3 a.m., you want to be the guy who can fashion a crude lockpick using only a beer can and that wire-crimper thingy on your Leatherman...