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...slight uptick. Brand Keys Inc., a New York City-based research and consulting firm, found that 15% of men and women said they would stay home this Valentine's Day, nearly four times as many as in 2008. Consumers also told the company they'd share gifts with fewer friends and family members. "Your great-aunt may not get something this year," says Robert Passikoff, the president of Brand Keys. "You may not give a card to your neighbor. Valentine's Day will go back to resonating with core family and significant others. If you do that, it's easy...
...believe that students are spending their electives unwisely and we should have fewer of them? [Should we] impose our judgment about what is best for them?” Lewis said. “That’s not the way the review of Gen Ed started, but that is the way it has turned...
Overall, Harvard would commit 11 more errors and register 12 fewer blocks than its opponent...
...current year. Visiting professors often patch up a department’s curricular weaknesses, and their relative absence will likely deplete the College’s course offerings for undergraduates. Given the comparative lack of faculty, students will be faced with the dismaying prospect of fewer seminars and bigger Core and Gen Ed classes next year...
Flight Plans. Domestic airlines will be carrying 6.6% to 8% fewer passengers in 2009, according to a new report by the Boyd Group. Airlines will respond to the decline by cutting capacity 10% - but if they don't raise fares now, they'll still lose an estimated $7 billion in revenue this year. Which could result in more add-on fees for travelers or fare hikes down the line. The Boyd group is not predicting a return to 2008 capacities until...