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...years of vanity, Constitution-shredding and a high-school-level understanding of geopolitics. It was then that I realized that presidential elections are more about biology than intellect. All Karl Rove had to do was present George W. Bush as the alpha dog and season with large doses of fear: pack mentality would certainly do the rest. James Spooner, Albuquerque...
...expense accounts and luxury hotel stays one must first master the dreaded case interview. Mistakes during the case interview—not asking the right questions, computation errors, bursting into tears—can ensure that the only work you will be doing at McKinsey is janitorial. Not to fear, FM is here with some actual (read: made-up) cases from real (read: make-believe) interviews to help you prepare to wow that hot interviewer from Bain. Case 1 You are advising a major American insurance company headquartered in New York City. This company’s credit rating...
...Harvard’s strong stance on this issue, student groups from every point on the political spectrum have been able to express their views on the upcoming general election; similarly, student groups with sensitive agendas, including those relating to sexual health, have been able to advertise without fear of administrative repercussions. We are also especially appreciative of Dean Kidd’s efforts to ensure that HRL, like every other student organization at the College, is guaranteed the opportunity to make its views known in the public forum. This is in stark contrast to her stance on this issue...
...last hour of trading on Thursday, Oct. 23, 1929, stock prices suddenly plummeted. When the closing bell rang at 3 p.m. people were shaken. No one was sure what had just happened, but that evening provided enough time for fear and panic to set in. When the market opened again the next day, prices plunged with renewed violence. Stock transactions in those days were printed on ticker tape, which could only produce 285 words a minute. Thirteen million shares changed hands - the highest daily volume in the exchange's history at that point - and the tape didn't stop running...
...worst of all is the fear that the spate of criminal violence may be just the beginning. "We have reached a point when separating state officials from corrupted journalists and gangsters has almost become impossible," Sasa Lekovic, a prominent Croatian investigative journalist told TIME. "I'm afraid that this...