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...strengths as art, politics and soap opera, Standard Operating Procedure will reach only the art-house audience--a small fraction of the Harold & Kumar crowd. Yet Morris' argument is pure populist Hollywood. He says the grunts were the little guys who took the fall while the brass got off free. Harold & Kumar, oddly, believes our boys can be saved by a higher power: the President of the United States...
...making a Brooks Brothers tie in the U.S. are far different from those of making, say, plain cotton underwear. About 70% of the cost of making a Brooks tie comes from materials (the company imports almost all its silk fabric from England and Italy), which leaves a fairly small fraction of the cost coming from labor. Compare that with making a Brooks shirt, for which the proportion is flipped--just 30% of the cost of production is from the material--and it's easy to see why chasing the least expensive workers isn't nearly as imperative in tie manufacturing...
...viewers was 47. Furthermore, studies have shown little correlation between beer advertising and overall alcohol consumption—instead, such advertising typically changes the brand or type of alcohol people consume. It would be an overreaction to censor beer advertising because of its purported effect on such a small fraction of the audience. Though it is probable that reducing the amount of beer advertising could have some, albeit minimal, effect on underage drinking, as a professional sports organization, the NCAA does and should have other considerations, such as making ad revenue, when making programming decisions. It is unreasonable to demand...
...barrier. It was great that she could clear that barrier.”Junior Favia Merritt broke the 25-second mark in the 200-meter dash, legging out the event in 24.92, good enough for second place. The Maryland native’s time was just a fraction of a second off her personal best of 24.73, which she set at last year’s Harvard-Yale meet.Freshman Claire Richardson also notched a first-time accomplishment, running the mile in under five minutes. Her 4:58.43 finish earned her third in the event. Fellow rookies Jamie Olson and Hilary...
...there a way to reduce the number of Americans who die in the workplace?’ One of the reasons I’m thrilled to come to Harvard is because the Harvard community has so much energy and ability, and I hope we can tap a fraction of that to approach these problems. Having taught at the Law School I can say that the diversity and ability of HLS students is almost beyond belief and I know from what I read that the level of creativity from the undergraduates is phenomenal. So if you have a place...