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...doesn't work, they try: "It used to be a Portuguese colony, but it's now independent." Or, "It's half of an island between Indonesia and Australia, and now it's an independent nation." The punch line is always the same: Independence! In 2002! The first country to gain its freedom in the new millennium! Nevertheless, many East Timorese are resigned to the fact that most everyone else has no idea who they are, or that their tiny half-island is a fully fledged member of the United Nations...
...income-distribution shift doesn't explain all the improvement in the government's financial situation: corporate tax receipts have risen a lot since 2003 as well. That gain is the result of a postrecession recovery in corporate profits, plus the expiration of some Bush tax breaks--plus, speculates University of Michigan economist Joel Slemrod, a decrease in corporate tax avoidance in the wake of the scandals of 2002. It's widely assumed that this corporate tax boom will soon tail...
...adopted, the academic scientific community, commercial world, and, most important, the public will benefit,” University Provost Steven E. Hyman said in an e-mailed statement. Technology transfers have come under fire for allegedly putting not-for-profit universities in the position of pursuing research for financial gain. The skeptics include Interim University President Derek C. Bok, who addressed the practice in his 2003 book “Universities in the Marketplace.” “Unfortunately, in their zeal to bring more revenue to their universities, technology transfer officers have occasionally acted...in ways that...
...volleyball team defeated neighboring rival Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 3-1 (30-27, 25-30, 30-22, 30-22) in last night’s match at the Malkin Athletic Center.After a four-day break between games, the Crimson (7-3, 4-3 Hay) struggled to gain mental focus for the first two games of the match.“Our bodies were rested,” co-captain Dave Fitz said. “At Monday practice, everyone was jumping really high, but practice wasn’t that smooth. Mentally we were out of it a little...
...development in the process of “averaging” America, according to Igo. Kinsey’s work in the mid-1940s and 1950s seemed to follow the mid-century trend in social investigation, though it also pioneered new surveying practices. Kinsey’s ability to gain private information from individuals even won the admiration of Gallup.Igo argues that the greatest value the American public gleaned from Kinsey’s reports was an understanding of what was “normal” in an area of their lives otherwise seen as incredibly personal. Despite fears...