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...politicians, who would have lost their power to vote tax cuts to their wealthy donors if they hadn’t been re-elected, have not wanted to be implicated in the demise of the source of national defense, social security, medical care, public education, veterans benefits, border protection, etc. So, even though they have controlled Congress and/or the Presidency for all but two and a half of the last twenty-eight years, the beast has always gotten his trans fats and, with minor exceptions, the Republicans have been at least as complicit as Democrats in the fact that...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: The Private Cost of Public Poverty | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...think the idea here is to be vigilant. The most important thing is to practice good hygiene” said David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of Harvard University Health Services (UHS). “I would recommend that students wash their hands, use your Purell dispensers, etc. It’s basically a huge hygiene message.” A vigorous hand washing campaign isn’t the only tactic Harvard is using for its students to combat the epidemic. UHS issued a written announcement on its Web site yesterday that provided helpful hints for students...

Author: By Spencer H. Hardwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Braces for Swine Flu Epidemic | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...After researching more than 750 major business failures in great depth, we came to the conclusion that humans are wired for poor decision-making," says Chunka Mui, a co-author of Billion-Dollar Lessons. "Ego, sunk costs, emotions, self-interest, etc., lead to blind spots. The not-so-intelligent have the same issues, it's just that the stakes are lower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Fixing Government, Beware of the Brainiacs | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...danger is that he will be forced to use his political capital on this rather than the economy, health care, cap and trade, education, immigration, etc," says James Thurber, director of American University's Center for Presidential and Congressional Studies. "It sets yet another agenda item for him in a very crowded list of priorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Dems: Look Forward or Back? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...knows she’s going there for sure because the campus is so much prettier than Harvard’s and the people are way smarter and cooler and hotter and she’s too good for Harvard anyway but her parents made her visit…etc. Synonyms. Stanford, Princeton, Brown. Antonyms...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Harvardisms, Prefrosh Weekend Edition | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

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