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...more grandfatherly of the two, Joshua R. Sanes, has handwriting that makes chicken scratch look like artistic calligraphy. This wouldn’t be a problem except for his insistence on writing lecture notes on the fly on his tablet PC, which he projects on the screen. For extra fun, ask Sanes to pronounce the name of "Rita Levi-Montalcini," a famous Italian neurobiologist. You won't be disappointed, believe us. Professor Jeffrey Lichtman, who has a somewhat strange fetish for powerful microscopes, is perhaps the better lecturer of the two (though his sense of humor might leave some scratching...
...When she was accepted, she felt so relieved and happy that she immediately sent in her $400 deposit. "Senior year is so hectic," says Bergen. "I don't have the extra stress of writing essays and filling out applications." She doesn't think she'll change her mind in the 12 months until she starts college. "Right now, I am pretty sure that Emory & Henry...
...admissions at B.C. Five years ago, he says he might have been firmly in that camp. But today, the onslaught of applications-boosted by the ease of applying online-makes the administrative slog of processing them nearly unmanageable. Beginning the process early buys overworked college admissions workers a little extra time to provide "quality reads," he says...
Second, endorsing beauty products sets up a new avenue for income. For recording artists, who have taken an economic hit from lagging music-industry sales, a hefty contract is a coup?extra exposure that may help fill the seats on their next tour. And a lucrative beauty contract can allow an actress like Revlon's Julianne Moore, a fixture on the independent-film circuit, to choose satisfying roles in low-budget films by compensating for the financial...
...buying fewer risk-free treasury bonds and carefully investing in riskier stocks, Summers suggested that countries could derive increased revenue from their reserves, a nearly “free” source of extra funds...