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That’s what the Stanford Cardinal thought back in June. Six days ago, the adage was proven false–in Harvard’s favor...
...hour or so on Wikipedia. On a recent October afternoon, “William III of England” is open on his computer—just to look into some English history, he says. The accumulation of knowledge is like the gathering of currency: it works to your favor to have more. In Ian’s mind, college is wasted on most students because they don’t realize just how good they have it. He’s considered going back to grad school, but why should he commit seven years of his life...
...Hotline for Migrant Workers has people on call 24/7 to provide welfare and legal advice. "Whoever is in our territory deserves our services," deputy mayor Yael Dayan tells TIME. "It's not a question of grace, it's really a question of right. It's not doing them a favor and it's not how moved we are by these little children. They have added a lot to Tel Aviv society in many ways...
Harvard came out with high energy in the first set, scoring its first two points off of consecutive kills by sophomore Sandra Lynne Fryhofer, who had a team-high .375 hitting average for the night. The play that shifted the momentum in Penn’s favor came with the Crimson up 9-5; after co-captain Chelsea Ono Horn served the ball, a series of ferocious spikes and blocks ensued and ultimately resulted in a kill by the Quakers’ Elizabeth Semmens—one of her career-high 26—that made the score...
...long been critical of the $787 billion stimulus that passed in February, are likely to support some, if not most of these new spending programs, in part because they are politically popular. Texas Republican John Cornyn, a vocal opponent of the February stimulus, said recently that he was in favor of some more federal spending efforts. "I think there are things we need to do to help people who need help," he said Oct. 4 on ABC's This Week...