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...year—still a semester before the vast majority of our peer institutions—is of critical importance to the whole of its vision. This vision significantly deemphasizes a culture of producing academicians—a goal not all Harvard College students aspire to—in favor of championing the education of whole persons “so that they may lead productive lives in national and global communities.” A Harvard with a concentration decision deadline at the end of sophomore Fall will promote the culture of exploration, the culture of the liberal arts...
Tillman's agent Frank Bauer got the first inkling that something was brewing with his client in a phone conversation in March 2002, while he was in the midst of negotiating the $3.6 million deal with the Cardinals. "Pat said, 'Hey, Frank, do me a favor. Worry about your other clients. Don't worry about me. I'm thinking about doing something else.'" In May, after returning from a honeymoon trip to the South Pacific island of Bora Bora with his wife Marie, Tillman enlisted, along with his brother Kevin, a minor league baseball player. Determined to avoid publicity, they...
...cultural stew is simmering and ready to boil over. Just as Indian food graduated from big-city exotica to mainstream international cuisine, Indi-pop culture could become a new part of American pop culture. It certainly has the energy and glamour to curry favor with more than those who favor curry. It might even gain the hipness it has in Britain--where, as Meera Syal, the original librettist of Bombay Dreams, boldly said, "Brown is the new black...
...Broadway shows and the chance to mingle with Republican lawmakers at parties. DeLay aides say all the net proceeds will go to programs for foster children, a cause the Texas Congressman has championed. Public-interest advocates claim it's just another way for fat-cat donors to curry favor with legislators...
...drillers (Anadarko, Schlumberger) tend to rise amid global turmoil. They also benefit from the kind of global expansion we're now seeing (led by China). Traditional safe-haven stocks like drugs (Pfizer, Merck), tobacco (Altria) and beverages (Anheuser-Busch) would hold up relatively well, and may come into favor anyway because they pay decent dividends...