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...theory of evolution, you accept that our genetic makeup, physical appearance and brain capacity are all related to our endeavor to survive and reproduce. Plants did not need legs to survive, and fish did not need hands. Humans, on the other hand, have a sophisticated brain that far exceeds what they need to survive and reproduce. I would like to see scientists research the brain capacity that various species need. If humans alone have evolved with capacities that far exceed what they essentially need, then intelligent design needs to be part of the story for us humans. Allen A. Platt...
America's health-care system won't be able to adequately support the 78 million baby boomers, who will start turning 65 in 2011, according to a new National Academy of Sciences report. The influx of people entering the system will exceed the number of providers who can care for them: there are only 7,100 physicians certified in geriatrics in the U.S., for example--only 1 for every 2,500 older Americans...
...However, there is a growing trend toward reducing the personal importance of the occasion to potential purchases. For example, Harvard encourages families to send out graduation announcements, in the same way one would announce the birth of one’s child, and to purchase class rings that generally exceed $400—not chump change. Even senior portraits in their countless variations can come out to several hundred dollars. Are all these commodities necessary to remember our experience here? I was once asked at an admissions information session whether I was surprised or excited to have gotten...
...memo for me on [the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program] for Mrs. Clinton?" Rendell wants to know. "On your own time," he adds. Of course. The next order of business is a Clinton fund raiser in western Pennsylvania. "I want each of you to come as close to or exceed $100,000 for your guys," he tells Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Allegheny County chief executive Dan Onorato. "If you need me to make any follow-up calls, I will...
Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said in an interview last month that the College would be accepting fewer students this year—and wait-listing more—in order to ensure that the Class of 2012 does not exceed the capacity of the freshman dorms...