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...Pawlings Farm site as historically significant in the late 1970s. "Actually seeing the terrain and getting a sense of what it looks like does make a difference," he says. If historical sites are developed, "you could still reconstruct the narrative... but it would be pretty disorienting to try to explain it to people...
...genetic research helps explain why some smokers respond better to certain smoking-cessation programs than others, according to scientists at Duke University and the National Institute on Drug Abuse...
...honors). But in recent years, the department has made the concentration tougher, requiring calculus and econometrics on top of statistics, and the number of concentrators has gone up, not down. The grading curves in core economics courses are also among the toughest on campus. Herding, moreover, fails to explain the fact that economics is a leading major at virtually all liberal arts institutions. Something more fundamental must be at work...
...third possibility is that Harvard economics faculty and teaching fellows are particularly brilliant classroom teachers who outshine even their Harvard colleagues in other departments. Nice thought, but it doesn’t explain the popularity of economics over time or at other universities...
...From the record of his case, Curtis Osborne was a numbskull junkie who managed to sell his friend's motorcycle for $400, then pocketed the money. When the friend came after the cash, Osborne shot the man and his girlfriend at close range. He later tried to explain the gunshot residue on his hands by saying that he fed his dog doses of gunpowder, but the authorities weren't impressed. Osborne eventually cracked and confessed...