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...this regard, the decision to charge a higher price than their competitors ought to be applauded from a business standpoint. In charging $500-$600, Sony has, at no detriment to sales, again captured the mindshare of the nation. A higher priced product is, in general, psychologically more desirable. The PS3 will steadily decline in price as sales drive production costs down, just like the PS2 before it. When the price does drop, it will seem more like a steal to consumers...
...American Grace” begins on shaky ground, but quickly gathers momentum. Although the first pieces tend to emphasize technical precision to the detriment of the emotional and artistic aspects of the performance, these issues are soon resolved as the show proceeds into more modern and accessible territory...
...professed secularism, my mother was in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I've ever known. She had an unswerving instinct for kindness, charity, and love, and spent much of her life acting on that instinct, sometimes to her detriment. Without the help of religious texts or outside authorities, she worked mightily to instill in me the values that many Americans learn in Sunday school: honesty, empathy, discipline, delayed gratification, and hard work. She raged at poverty and injustice...
...Then came the Foley scandal. So much has happened to the detriment of the image of the Republican party over the past few years. If Democrats can?t capitalize on the Foley scandal, then they deserve the same demise as the Whigs...
...highest yields in the country—it is a risk worth taking. Fitzsimmons, who led the charge, Bok who fast-tracked it, and the Harvard Corporation, which approved the change on Monday, should be applauded for their audacity and vision in the face of overbearing precedent and potential detriment to the school.The admissions office and the College have taken several steps in recent years to make the undergraduate admissions process simpler and fairer for all students. Harvards’ early action system served as a model for Yale and Stanford when they switched to non-binding early action programs...