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...relatively open immigration policy by attracting some of the best brains in the world," says Dowell. "Many of the most productive people in the U.S. today are not native born. Because if you can't live by your wits and your hard work in the U.S., you can easily disappear...
...were shut out of most predominantly white institutions. But today some historically black colleges with a majority of white students and faculty are at an important crossroads. Says M. Christopher Brown, a professor of higher education at the University of Illinois: "It doesn't mean they're going to disappear completely, but they will have a decidedly different shape...
During the early spring and fall, I disappear. My roommates become orphans as I escape to afternoon practices and weekend-long tournaments in far-off places. As spring break nears, I say a temporary farewell to the Harvard social life...
Walter Kirn hit the nail on the head in "Will Teenagers Disappear?" [VISIONS 21, Feb. 21]. Kirn noted that an adolescent with his or her own money is not a teenager but a "capitalist early bird out to get the worm." I am in the ninth grade, and I already have a yearly income of about $12,000. I own more than 20 websites and online businesses. At age 12, I was making more business decisions than many adults do. It makes me sick when my teachers treat me like an inferior who needs to be whipped into shape...
...American investment banker in Moscow, "just say the word Russia." For too many foreigners, investing in Russia has proved to be tortuous and hugely expensive. Just ask the folks at BP Amoco. Last fall the company nearly saw its $484 million investment in Russian oil giant Sidanko all but disappear in a maze of Russian corporate shenanigans. In a complex scheme with a brutishly simple result, Sidanko's most prodigious subsidiary was declared bankrupt and sold for a song to a rival, the Tyumen Oil Co. (TNK). BP Amoco vehemently objected and in late December reached a tentative settlement with...