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...it’s worked. Mentions of Lannon and Welch have become increasingly scarce, and Donato says that his rookies are “playing as good hockey as you could possibly have hoped for.” While the pair arrived with its fair share of raw talent, both players credit their coaches and teammates—including returning blueliners Peter Hafner, Tom Walsh, Dylan Reese, J.D. McCabe, and Dave MacDonald—with smoothing the learning curve. “I think the team’s made it easy on us, especially the other defensive players...
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Professor of Government Michael J. Hiscox has found that the market may not be as cold-hearted as economic theory would suggest. In a study conducted between June and November 2005, Hiscox discovered that consumers were willing to pay more for products that were labelled “fair trade.” Hiscox and Nicholas F. B. Smyth ’05, who wrote his thesis on their research, carried out the social labeling experiment at ABC Carpet and Home, an upscale Manhattan housewares store. They compared the sales of towels and candles, to which...
...further thought: nations, he says, want to pick and choose between bits of globalization that benefit them and those that don't. "We believe that exports are good but imports are bad," says Stiglitz, "we believe in trade but only on one side, and that if things were fair we'd outcompete everybody. There's a kind of hypocrisy...
...older, he saw the world as governed by unforgiving fates. His law partner William Herndon said of him, “His melancholy dripped from him as he walked.” Lincoln was depressed, yes. But he was also incredibly successful, and is today rightly celebrated. To be fair, mental illness is not a joke. Some students do legitimately need professional help to maintain mental wellness. But in the cases of most Harvard students, a moderate level of depression is not surprising. Harvard students are determined, and they have an investment in success—apart from...