Word: droppings
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...should hope we don't hear too much of in the coming months. It comes from the Greek husteros, which means late. It refers to what happens when something snaps in such a way that it can never be put back together. Bend a plastic ruler too far, drop that lightbulb - that cracking sound you hear is the marker of hysteresis. There's no way to restore what has just been smashed. (See the top 10 bankruptcies...
After Harvard administrators started planning for a 30 percent drop in its $36.9 billion endowment by the fiscal year’s end, each of the University’s schools—and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in particular—made a conscious push to bring in as many unrestricted gifts as possible. Rogers said that the strategy certainly helped boost fundraising numbers for the year, and Harvard will continue its efforts to raise current use funds...
...what we are (for the most part) -- more knowledgable about medieval fairytales than about computer science. In a story about Google's donation of 20 Android cell phones to the notorious introduction to computer science, CS 50, The Crimson quoted instructor David J. Malan '99 praising Google's "dragon drop programming piece" -- a fanciful typo that should have read, "drag and drop." Needless to say, Malan got a kick out of the typo and breathed a bit of fire back at The Crimson. After the jump, see video clip of his admittedly witty put-down from the close of lecture...
...billion more than expected to $16 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, marking a 30 percent decline in value, Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced yesterday. In an e-mail to faculty, staff, and alumni, Levin wrote that previous projections of a 25 percent endowment drop had not accounted for the continued slide in private equity and real estate holdings even after stock markets began to rebound this spring. The unexpected additional fall in the endowment will lead to a 6.7 percent decrease in endowment payout this year and another 13 percent in fiscal year...
...about losing their cozy, well-kept home or being able to take care of their 4-year-old son Logan. After Brian's eight-week severance ran out, he started collecting unemployment insurance and the Whitfields began reining in spending to cover what they expect will be a 40% drop in income this year. (See how Americans are spending...