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...Although it could encourage more career diversity, OCS cannot be entirely to blame for this exodus—looks like the Core Office remains the only dungeon on Dunster Street. After all, they’re just responding to demand. In the end, the accountability for this culture of careerism rests with us, the students. Traveling and research fellowships abound, but they receive far fewer applications than Morgan Stanley, in part because no one knows about them, but also because they can’t compare to a coveted step up the corporate ladder. Volunteer programs, summer school, Harvardwood...
...beyond education and research lay a burgeoning market for health-care consulting, and HMI steadily stepped in to meet that lucrative demand...
...consequent increase in welfare expenditures would normally push it up. The money supply was throttled and interest rates were allowed to soar, forcing up the value of the pound and making British goods harder to sell on world markets. The strategy cooled inflation by cheapening imports and killing off demand generally, although it also threw a record number of British companies into bankruptcy and millions of workers out of jobs. Since June 1979, when the downturn began, industrial production has slumped 11.6% (vs. an average fall of only 4% for other industrial powers). There are some encouraging signs. Bank lending...
...take weeks before a Bollywood hit reaches foreign markets, if it's shown at all, and that gap between demand and supply is often filled by piracy. Industry insiders estimate that as much as 33% of Indian film companies' revenues are lost to piracy each year, with many of the counterfeits going to foreign markets. Now, two major Bollywood studios aim to change that by making films directly available, via download, to the vast overseas market that contributes a fifth of the industry's revenues...
When I applied to Harvard, my friends were ecstatic. “It will be crawling with guys who will find your mind irresistible,” they told me. “You will be in great demand!” I arrived on campus filled with excitement. So much for all those guys who were “intimidated by my intellect”! So much for romantic evenings ruined by careless references to Charles Martel! That surely wouldn’t be a problem at Harvard...