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...riding on it.) Golden claims that colleges could abolish legacy preference without taking a huge fundraising hit. He notes that “three prestigious private colleges”—Caltech, Cooper Union in New York City, and Berea College in Kentucky—“flourish without preferences for…alumni children...
...educational benefits-"I was able to get a Ph.D. from Harvard," he says-and it has also been a pioneer in providing equal opportunity for all, including women and minorities. "Every military officer is a Democrat because he or she believes in investing in people," he concludes with a flourish...
...discovery like that would give Ellis bragging rights at astronomy conferences for years to come, and it would let Stark finish his dissertation with a dramatic flourish. But far more important, it would give astrophysicists their first real glimpse into a crucial and mysterious era in the evolution of the cosmos. Known as the Dark Ages of the universe, it's the 200 million-year period (more or less) after the last flash of light from the Big Bang faded and the first blush of sun-like stars began to appear. What happened during the Dark Ages set the stage...
...also Lesson 2: Make money. Stone Barns devotes more than half the space in the greenhouse to salad greens not only because they will flourish there without the use of chemicals but also because they draw a good price in a health-conscious place like Westchester County. (Despite the close links, Barber insists that the Stone Barns farm sells its produce to his Blue Hill restaurants at fair-market value. The farm also sells to retail customers at a small but busy on-site market...
...always, wrote the conditions, past and future. They were the good guys who ended slavery, so helps to our own self-image. But we don’t know which way of life will win in Iraq, and which will wither away. Democracy allows a plurality of views to flourish. That’s its virtue. But our own history shows us that there are some differences of opinion a democratic nation cannot sustain. Then, it’s force that ultimately determines the will of “the people.”I saw “Peace...