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...find Vera's logic vague and infuriating; women may see her as the sensitive soul, and Alex as the dense husband who only thinks he cares for her. Perhaps Alex and Vera cannot see beyond their own needs. Perhaps no one can. In another movie about lost treasures, Charles Foster Kane offers a toast "to love on my own terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever know...
...face a critical problem. Beyond the serious consequences and complications of reforming the grading system, the Faculty has more pressing concerns on which to focus its energy.Any means of reducing grades would unnecessarily add tension to Harvard’s already hyper-competitive environment. Many classes foster a culture of antagonism by basing the standard of grading on the collective student average; the key to great grades in such classes is not working hard, but working harder than one’s classmates. This discourages cooperation. When students are measured against an absolute standard, which is often set very high...
...There is an organization on campus supported by the Office of Student Activities and funded by the administration, whose mission, according to its Web site, is planning “inclusive, large events that foster a sense of Harvard College community.” Who better than the College Events Board (CEB) to organize the revolution that will finally allow the UC to justify its own existence...
...feng shui consultations are common in Asia's business world, where they are seen as a kind of insurance, that doesn't mean today's hubs of aviation want to admit publicly how they might supplement their wind charts. The office of famed architect Norman Foster states that no feng shui consultants influenced its design for Hong Kong International Airport, though it believes a feng shui consultant helped with its location, beneath a ridge of peaks and close to a wide expanse of sea-both auspicious features. The Airport Authority Hong Kong declined comment...
...provocative macro-trend tome in the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and The Tipping Point. Taleb draws on history, philosophy and psychology to suggest that our love for simplistic explanations blinds us into thinking we understand how things work. What to do? Look for ways to foster serendipitous developments (like discoveries--good Black Swans) while preparing broadly for disaster...