Word: gorilla
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...party—promoted for two weeks with e-mails, hundreds of posters across campus and a even a gorilla in a “Harvard State University” (HSU) t-shirt—provided a campus-wide Veteran’s Day weekend social venue and also sparked a minor debate about elitism at Harvard...
...gorilla, in the person of Naupaka B. Zimmerman ’05, also made an appearance at the party itself, to much acclaim...
...fallout from Spitzer's assault has been swift. Fund-research firm Morningstar--the 800-lb. gorilla of independent fund analysis--took the unprecedented step of warning investors to avoid the four fund families at the eye of Spitzer's storm--Strong, Bank of America's Nations Funds, Bank One's One Group, and most Janus offerings (except for its Mid Cap Value, Small Cap Value and Risk-Managed Stock funds, which are run by outside managers). "The firms put their own profitability ahead of shareholders'," says Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's associate director of fund research. "Until we see changes...
...foreign countries are investing in stem-cell science, the research will ultimately get done. But, says Gearhart, "the U.S. is the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to resources for science. If we continue to limit funding, things will proceed much more slowly." Also, foreign governments and companies can patent their stem-cell lines and charge plenty for licensing them...
Question: what do you feed a 500-lb. gorilla? Answer: whatever he wants. That's the simple explanation for why so many Europeans are skeptical about Bush's policy toward Iraq. The only remaining superpower can do whatever it wants. And it will. This time, with Saddam, it is a good and morally justified case, but what comes next? What other dictator will Bush choose to get rid of? The world would be a better place without Saddam. But the U.S. should work with the U.N., get the go-ahead from the Security Council and then give him hell. DIRK...