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...When Mating Becomes LoveIf we've succeeded in becoming such efficient reproductive machines-equipped with both a generous appetite for mates and a cool ability to screen them for genetic qualities-why muddy things up with romance? For one thing, we may not be able to help it. Just being attracted to someone doesn't mean that that person is attracted back, and few things drive us crazier than wanting something we may not get. Cultural customs that warn against sex on the first date may have emerged for such practical reasons as avoiding pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases...
...capable of taking the E.U. to the same place his supporters say he brought Britain: the fabled "third way" between costly welfare states, and unfettered, even savage market forces. In a recently expanded Europe where attitudes in its older members, such as France with its generous social security systems, often clash with newer entrants with far less protection as with Latvia, the promise of Blair finding common ground as he often did in Britain will be inviting to many people. Elsewhere, however, he'll find hostility to his vision - and his positioning - just as strong...
...Museveni are among those who tried to alter their country's constitutions--some successfully--to cling to power. African voters are to some extent complicit in the undermining of democracy. When given an opportunity to vote out one corrupt leader, they often elect another, hoping he will be more generous with his ill-gotten gains...
...fair to complain about particular tourist facilities." He shook his head and agreed that there had been a lot of unrest. "It's only 10% or 20% of the people," he said. "The rest of us are very welcoming." I nodded in agreement - Pakistanis are indeed warm, hospitable and generous - and lamented that he had a tough job. He nodded: "It's a struggle...
...competitive with its peer institutions, a step that will no doubt increase the quality of undergraduate teaching fellows while also making a graduate degree more affordable. All in all, these new financial aid policies represent a huge step forward. In past years, Harvard has pioneered one of the most generous financial aid programs in the country via the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which made attendance at the College free for students whose families earned less than $40,000 (later raised to $60,000). But with the full four-year cost of a Harvard education approaching $200,000, many families...