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...make sure the business you choose is something you have a passion for. This has to be a natural decision. The only other thing I would say, is you have to have a lot of luck. You should never dismiss luck, but when you get a stroke of luck, you consolidate...
...execution method may result in pain, either by accident or as an inescapable consequence of death, does not establish the sort of ‘objectively intolerable risk of harm’ that qualifies as cruel and unusual” punishment. Despite the Court’s willingness to dismiss Ralph Blaze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr., the two of the 3,300 death row inmates in Kentucky who brought this case forward, we believe that even the slightest chance of error in the administration of this lethal drug cocktail stands to dangerously violate a fundamental right. Capital punishment...
...that arresting growth is necessary so that upcoming projects, including expansion into Allston and improvements to pedagogy, can be implemented without running out of “resource headroom.”A FIRM HANDAlso at yesterday’s meeting, the Faculty voted on a rare motion to dismiss a student from the College. Such motions are tantamount to a permanent severance of ties with Harvard. A two-thirds vote by the Faculty is required to pass the motion, and the action can only be reversed by another Faculty vote. In most cases, disciplinary action against students...
...recent admissions acceptance rate at a daunting 7.1 percent, it is now, more than ever, clear that a high GPA and strong standardized test scores alone cannot guarantee a place at Harvard. As the admissions game becomes harder and harder to win, many high schools are advising students to dismiss unhealthy infatuations with the Ivy League. The criticisms are not only on the student side: A recent article in BusinessWeek berated the Ivies for using their stratospheric spending to steal accomplished faculty from public universities...
...readily dismiss those who believe the E.U. is, or should be, about economics. The relevant economic context is not European but global, and the responsibility for pursuing economic policies that will enable business and industry to prosper in a globalized world economy is national. No, the purpose of the E.U., right from the start, even when it called itself the European Economic Community, has always been political...