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...sycophancy, the courtier's habit of trying to win favor with the king by embracing even his most odious ideas. "I think I was just trying to agree with what he said or something," Graham told us. Hitchens may reject Graham's many apologies if he chooses, and discount his remorse more evidence of fraud. But rational people should have a hard time accepting Hitchens' characterization of Graham as "a disgustingly evil...
Petersen added that in July, the council reached out to Square businesses, soliciting discounts for students. Discount vouchers for items ranging from pizza to hardware will be available this fall if the council approves the arrangement. Agreements with Square liquor establishments C’est Bon and Doma are currently being sought...
...different. When professors fail to punctually perform their teaching responsibilities before, during, and after the school year, students suffer. Unfortunately, a disturbingly large number of Harvard faculty are currently shirking their responsibility by not posting course syllabi online in a timely manner. On Wednesday, students working for the textbook discount website CrimsonReading.org visited the webpages of 231 popular courses and found only 42 syllabi. That only 18 percent of professors cared enough to post their syllabi is, quite simply, pathetic. This is troubling given the crucial role online syllabi play in students’ pre-shopping week planning. Many students...
...Rather than charging customers for plastic bags, Capers Community Market, a whole-food grocery store throughout greater Vancouver, has a wonderful policy. If you don't need a grocery bag, you are given a discount. You can either receive 5? off your purchases or direct your savings to local charities. What a great idea: shoppers can save the environment and support local groups at the same time. Joanne Wannan, Vancouver
...base on a depopulated atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the nearest continent. Back in 1966, the U.S. signed a secret agreement with Britain allowing the Pentagon to use the territory as an air base in exchange for a big discount on Polaris nuclear missiles. Five years later, hundreds of Navy Seabees arrived by ship and began pouring the 12,000-ft. (3,600 m) runway that would become a bulwark of American cold war strategy and a key launchpad for the first and second Gulf wars and the invasion...