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...other end of the scale, Charles J. Swanson ’08, who is “equal parts” white and African American, said he did not want to be the victim of positive discrimination...
...also the editor of “The Norton Shakespeare,” was the obvious choice as the next editor of the anthology. The transition of the editorship from a Harvard graduate to a Harvard professor was not purposeful, Abrams said. “Other things being equal, we would have preferred to look west, just to change the notion that it’s an eastern-oriented or even a Harvard-centered anthology,” he said. But Greenblatt’s qualifications were unsurpassed, Abrams said. “I don’t know anybody...
...course, not all interruptions are created equal. Some are related to the job at hand and may be helpful--if not to the individual, then maybe to the team. Some are unrelated but nonetheless welcome: the Basex report found that 62% of workers at all levels said being interrupted by a friend with a nonbusiness-related question was "acceptable" (though the boss might take a different view). Several studies, including one by Mary Czerwinski, a senior researcher at Microsoft, show that interruptions at the beginning and the end of a task are the most detrimental to performance. An interruption when...
...regular). But I'm not here for intellectual-celebrity watching. I'm here because my editor has ordered up a story on the question of whether caffeine makes you smarter. And without a latte?with three shots of espresso today instead of the regular two?I wouldn't feel equal to the task. Experience tells me that a strong dose of caffeine inevitably makes me more alert, focused, quick-witted, clever. As far as I'm concerned, the case is already closed...
Besides having to worry about correct timing, Campbell needs to make sure that he uses an equal amount of force each time he hits the clapper into the side of the bell, because Gomes will be listening intently below...