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Students in Baltimore may complain, but they fail to recognize the exciting opportunities that recreating Harvard on their campus will bring. Hopkins students now have a perfect excuse to don their preppiest Ivy League clothing, complete with a different cardigan, pipe, and protractor for each day. Maybe a few job recruiters will get confused and show up in Maryland also...
...quality still trumps quantity: "In order to take in fewer young people who have a criminal record, are overweight, or have no high school degree, the Army has been spending about $22,000 per recruit in enlistment bonuses ... Even with a high school degree, many potential recruits still fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test (the AFQT) and cannot join. The test is used by the military to determine math and reading skills. About 30 percent of potential recruits with a high school degree take the test and fail it. ... Even when recruits qualify, health problems can cause significant deployment...
Current PBHA President Richard S. Kelley ’10 said it is “relatively uncommon” to see students interested in high-level executive positions fail to announce their intentions and submit a position paper ahead of the election...
...American Cancer Society announced that the benefits of prostate- and breast-cancer screenings have been overstated, after a study found that such tests often detect nonlethal tumors but fail to catch faster-spreading malignant growths. Screenings for colon and cervical cancers, on the other hand, have led to a marked decline in late-stage cancers...
...total of 14 seats in the 2006 and 2008 elections, is worried these days about how disappointed the Democratic base will be if Congress doesn't make a determined effort to pass health care reform with a public plan in it. Odds are good that that attempt will fail, but in Schumer's book As are still given for effort. (Read "Understanding the Health Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide...