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...early two-seat hole. The Midshipmen are known to be fast off the start, but it was Navy’s strong base cadence in the heart of the course that put the race out of reach on Saturday.Last weekend, Harvard’s attempts to close the gap against Dartmouth were stymied by a poised, almost expectant Big Green. And Navy, fresh off a one-sided win over Georgetown the week before, was even better at stopping the Harvard varsity before it ever got started.“We had a few moves planned throughout the race...
...stop.”Despite his inclinations toward magic, Greenbaum feels that comedy is a very important element of his stage shows. Although magic and comedy occupy “different worlds,” Greenbaum’s ultimate goal is to “bridge that gap.”“Magic is weird and comedy is weird, and putting them together is even weirder.” Nonetheless, he says, “I want to be the guy that’s both.”Unlike OTI and IGP, Greenbaum does comedy with...
...American wealth and technological prowess. But one crucial aspect of the relationship has changed: as China's economy has boomed and the nation's importance on the world stage has dramatically expanded, Chinese self-confidence has blossomed. The U.S. may still be the world's undisputed superpower, but the gap is narrowing. Why look upon America with awe or fear when an endless trail of foreign leaders and corporate titans now flocks to China to grab a piece of the action and to pay their respects? Likewise, Chinese see the flood of less exalted foreigners arriving on the mainland...
...Opus' public relations offensive hasn't quite managed to close the gap between what critics say it is about and its own version of the story. On one side there is "Octopus Dei," or, as the current issue of Harper's magazine puts it, "to a great extent ... an authoritarian and semi-clandestine enterprise that manages to infiltrate its indoctrinated technocrats, politicos and administrators into the highest levels of the state." On the other is the portrait painted by Opus' U.S. vicar Thomas Bohlin, who sat for several hours with TIME at his group's Manhattan headquarters. Opus, he explained...
...doctor, I will make an appointment and pay the $30 co-pay. However, society’s cost, the $60 the doctor will charge, is $29 higher than my willingness to pay. As a result, the medical system is overused by people who fall into the price gap between their personal cost and society’s total cost.Furthermore, since in our current health insurance system, coverage is provided through employers, it cannot be moved as people change jobs. This creates labor market rigidity and personal unhappiness, as people feel locked into their job in order to keep their insurance...