Word: extras
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...true. Community service is rarely a student's primary extra-curricular. Editors and writers for publications sometimes spend twelve hours a day working for their papers. The Institute of Politics and Harvard Student Agencies demand a fair number of weekly hours as well. And the average dramaturg devotes two hours daily to a theatrical production. The typical Harvard do-gooder however, rarely devotes more than one afternoon a week to social service...
...government bonds. If, say, there is a $50 billion non-Social Security deficit, government borrowing from the public will be $50 billion higher than if the budget was balanced--but $100 billion less than if there weren't a $150 billion Social Security surplus. The government owes somebody an extra $50 billion, but the situation of the Social Security trust fund is exactly the same in either case...
...private securities, as many experts and securities dealers have suggested. Well, you're wrong. Even if the government ran a $150 billion non-Social Security deficit, the trust fund would still have $150 billion to invest. Every dollar the trust fund invests in private-capital markets is an extra dollar the government must turn around and borrow from these same markets, and the non-Social Security deficit has no effect on this melancholy equation...
...good first-aid class, my teachers stressed prevention. Scrambling up a rocky trail in tennis shoes is asking for a sprained ankle. Make sure to carry plenty of food, water and extra clothes, even if you're just out for the afternoon. A sudden change in the weather or a broken leg could turn your pleasant stroll into a very uncomfortable night outdoors; take along something to insulate you from the ground and prevent hypothermia...
...KNOW?...On Jan. 1, 2000, Britain's health service plans to pass out thousands of extra morning-after pills. Talk about Y2-get-laid...