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...decades, economic statistician Geoffrey H. Moore tried to improve on the poor record of forecasters by identifying financial and economic indicators that had at least some measure of predictive power. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators now compiled by the Conference Board, which includes things like money supply, stock prices, unemployment claims and average weekly hours worked in manufacturing, was his brainchild. Its latest release, which came out on Thursday, showed a decline along the lines of the last recession...
...which flu virus will be making the rounds in a coming season, but they often have to make these predictions up to nine months ahead of time, in order to keep up with the lengthy vaccine manufacturing process. "In some circumstances, it is like forecasting the weather," says Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, professor of pediatrics at University of Rochester. "Sometimes we are right on, and sometimes...
...said he was excited to be a part of this year’s event. “I think it’s great,” he said. “Any kind of attention you get always helps.” In conjunction with Geoffrey Miller and Joshua Tybur, Jordan discovered that the hourly tip earnings of lap dancers rose about 40 percent when they reached their peak fertility. Literature winner David Sims also said he was “delighted” to learn that he would receive a prize this year. Sims was awarded...
...where he began publishing poetry. Only one year after publishing his first volume of poetry, his second, “Death of a Naturalist,” received the E.C. Gregory award, given by the British Society of Authors to writers under 30, as well as the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, given to authors under 40. His next book, “Door Into the Dark,” was published in 1969, and established Heaney as a major figure in the poetry world. Heaney published steadily during the 1970s, including his acclaimed volume “North?...
Lela Klein is a third year student at Harvard Law School and political chair of Lambda. Lee Strock, also a third year law student, is the co-president of Lambda and the chair of the Harvard Queer Student Leadership Network. The authors would like to thank Geoffrey C. Upton, J.D. ’03, whose history of Lambda informed this piece. His piece is available at http://hlslambda.org/about/history/