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...Economically I would say that the writers are penny-wise and pound-foolish,” Meyer said. “Culturally, they may have a point. It’s difficult to employ world-class portfolio managers in an academic setting...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alums Decry University Investor Salaries | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

Good onya: A tough idiom for the novice to master. Can be used as a genuine congratulatory expression, but is also occasionally used in a snide or sarcastic way in response to someone or something particularly foolish or irritating, abbreviated with a “yeah” (You spilled red wine all over my white shirt? Yeah, good onya, mate...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Australian Slang from A to Zed | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

Nomar is going to be a free agent at the end of the season. As is Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek, Ortiz, etc. Trade him now. Get something for him—anything. If you can get A-Rod, do it. Theo, you’d be foolish not to. And if that someone is Kevin Brown, whoa mama. Can you imagine Pedro, Curt Schilling, Kevin Brown, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield, Byung Hyun-Kim? That pitching staff is better than some fantasy teams. And Red Sox fans, remember the playoffs a couple months ago? Oh, you do? Thought...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: A-Rod is Boston's Answer | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...week's events illuminate a fundamental difference between Democrats and Republicans on domestic policy. The Democrats are boxed into complicated and unpopular positions because they tend to stand on principle--although the principles involved are often antiquated, peripheral and, arguably, foolish. The Republicans, by contrast, have abandoned traditional conservatism to gain political advantage (with the elderly, for instance) or to pay off their stable of corporate-welfare recipients. The Medicare bill contains large gifts to pharmaceutical manufacturers; the energy bill is a $23.5 billion bequest to traditional-energy producers, with additional billions worth of free-range pork tossed in. "This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Democrats Are All Boxed In | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...said neither YPD or NHPD had contacted him. Lee added it would have been foolish to plant a device that so obviously pointed to the band...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bomb Scare at Yale Threatens to Delay Game | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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