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...conference's first attempt to inject a little levity into an annual confab that noneconomists might charitably describe as dry. "You can count on one hand all the funny economists in the world," says R. Preston McAfee, a California Institute of Technology economics professor and Yahoo! research fellow who presided over the evening. But despite their rarity, some of these academics have attracted wide followings--admittedly, among those who can laugh at supply-demand curves. Yoram Bauman, a professor at the University of Washington, bills himself as the World's First and Only Stand-Up Economist*--but insists...
...woman had injured her right arm, so Pilot Don Usher lowered the copter until its skids touched the water; his partner, Eugene Windsor, scooped her up in his arms. Then Priscilla Tirado, 23, grabbed the preserver, but as she was being helped out of the icy river by Fellow Passenger Joseph Stiley, she lost her grip. Lenny Skutnik, a clerk for the Congressional Budget Office who was watching from the shore, plunged into the water and dragged her to land. But the most notable act of heroism was performed by one of the passengers, a balding man in his early...
...one’s intent to write the sum in cursive to avoid doctoring, when faced with all the numerals above it).The priests/tour guides of a temple in Kolkata pulled this scam as well, although theirs took a more insidious form as they separated me and my fellow traveler to bless us each in turn and then solicit a “donation” for the temple charity with the same book full of past 1,000 rupee and 500 rupee donations. Perhaps I’m cold-hearted, but based on the various forms of used...
...former Radcliffe fellow and Cambridge resident, Alexander has composed an original work for an event that represents the end of an arduous political journey and a milestone in America’s racial history...
...current Radcliffe fellow and National Poet of Wales Gwyneth Lewis said, “Poems don’t come if you put pressure on yourself, and this has to be the most pressurized commission that anybody could imagine...she must feel exposed as well as invigorated...