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...didn’t want to,” says Will A. Rodger ’06, who typically “only consumes beer and movies.” However, his friends had hired the professional and he felt duty-bound to pitch in. Kids feel the crunch in other sectors of the entertainment industry as well. “I went to see an a capella concert last week and stayed for half an hour but paid eight bucks,” complains Mary O. Thomas...
Fighting for Every Last Vote Re "Crunch Time," your report on the final days of the U.S. presidential campaign [Oct. 18]: Not once during the debates or political rallies did any candidate seriously scrutinize the subject of space travel and exploration. Let's face it: space is a lost cause these days. Science in general is hurting. We know the geography of Iraq better than we know the ocean depths. Back in the cold war era, science blossomed because of funding provided for nuclear-weapons research. In ancient times, scientific ideas prospered as people discovered and explored...
After hearing that Kerry’s chances of winning Ohio were statistically insurmountable (but before he had officially conceded the election), Professor of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health Louise M. Ryan asked her students in Statistics 100 to crunch the numbers themselves...
...crunch time," your report on the final days of the presidential campaign [Oct. 18]: Not once during the debates or political rallies did any candidate seriously scrutinize the subject of space travel and exploration. Let's face it: space is a lost cause these days. Science in general is hurting. We know the geography of Iraq better than we know the ocean depths. Back in the cold war era, science blossomed because of funding provided for nuclear-weapons research. In ancient times, scientific ideas prospered as people discovered and explored the new out of sheer curiosity. Imagine a universe just...
...Pentagon believes that in a crunch it can bring in more soldier volunteers by offering new recruits higher salaries and benefits and dangling bonuses as high as $40,000 for highly trained and specialized troops to re-enlist. (The average soldier receives $7,500.) All four active-duty services met their recruiting goals for the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. "They see their country under attack," says Army Lieut. General Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard. "They're willing to step forward and answer the call to colors." But given the scale of the U.S. commitment in Iraq...