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...could also explain why graduate schools, traditionally a refuge in tough economic times, have seen uneven application numbers this year. Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford, notes that grad schools were a popular backup a few years ago during the dotcom bust, but applications are flat this year. "Who needs more debt when the job market is looking rather grim?" he says. (Read "Finding a Dream Job: A Little Chaos Theory Helps...
...practices a duet for an upcoming concert, she tells the pianist, “I think we need a change of color.” She associates each note with its own color, though she doesn’t literally see them: “E flat major is a nice burgundy. C major is kind of blue-ish,” she says...
...argued at the time that the 13 percent loss in real dollars of NIH funding had “a cascading impact that [was] slowing progress and threatening future research that could lead to cures—and even ways to prevent disease.” Faced with a flat budget since 2003, the NIH suffered a backlog of research proposals, and the percentage of grant applications awarded dropped from 32 percent in 1999 to 24 percent in 2007. Now, with the injection of stimulus funds, the NIH may choose to fund projects waiting in the pipeline as well...
...said his ideal political platform would include: a 17% flat tax; private social security; arctic drilling; revoking Jimmy Carter's passport...
...Most European markets opened to small gains Tuesday, before wavering between green and red. By noon, London's FTSE 100 was down 1.2%, Paris' CAC was up 0.35 %, and Frankfurt's DAX was virtually flat...