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...Bruins could not quite get over the last hump—they fell by a 2-1 final—but had proven themselves a powerhouse along the way. The only goals that UCLA allowed in the run-up to the championship game were to a talented Duke team in the quarterfinals. In its other games after beating Harvard, the Bruins routed Clemson and Virginia...
...among our closest friends--the ones with whom we discuss important matters--shrank over the past 20 years, from three friends to two. At the same time, the number of Americans who have no one at all to confide in more than doubled, to 1 in 4. Sociologists from Duke University and the University of Arizona report that we increasingly rely solely on family members (80%) and spouses (9%). There could be health consequences: other studies link robust social networks to lower blood pressure, reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease and greater longevity...
...institutional investors like pension funds, with obligations 15, 20 and 40 years out, 9% isn't that bad. They also like the idea that hedge funds provide a cushion in down markets since they don't closely mirror returns from stocks or bonds. David Hsieh of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business studied hedge funds before and after 2000 and found a general decrease in risk...
...wake of the downfall of intelligence committee Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham - who is in prison after being convicted for his role in a very different scandal, involving alleged seven-figure payoffs by defense contractors - the way Congress handles the Hastings saga should shine still more light on problems with how the two parties appoint and reappoint rank-and-file members of such a sensitive committee. If Democrats found Hastings fit to serve as a member of the intelligence committee at all, many would argue, they should be able to consider him for the chairmanship. As a panel member, Hastings...
...wake of the downfall of intelligence committee Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham - who is in prison after being convicted for his role in a very different scandal, involving alleged seven-figure payoffs by defense contractors - the way Congress handles the Hastings saga should shine still more light on problems with how the two parties appoint and reappoint rank-and-file members of such a sensitive committee. If Democrats found Hastings fit to serve as a member of the intelligence committee at all, many would argue, they should be able to consider him for the chairmanship. As a panel member, Hastings...