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This Scrutiny is about professors who have gotten into some deep shit. But one of our subjects, Monrad Professor of Economics Martin L. Weitzman, easily justifies our use of naughty language; in April 2005, he allegedly stole $600 worth of manure from a Rockport, Mass. farm, supposedly to use as fertilizer. His August 2005 settlement with the Gloucester district court allowed him to dodge an admission of guilt, but The Crimson reported that Charles L. “Charlie” Lane Sr., the 98-year-old farmer, purportedly caught Weitzman red-handed (brown-handed?) in the middle...
...have about participating in studies is that they frequently enlighten me to my ineptness—in a test where I made $38, I did the math incorrectly and gave my partner six dollars more than I should have. The time I got money for negotiating, I would have gotten more if only I have been better at getting my way. The time I listened to an artificial language for a half-hour without being able to understand any of it? My self-esteem took a hit with that...
...sustain this change in approach? Perhaps. Before last week, any climate-change action was likely to have been driven by a few innovative companies. Since the publication of the Stern report, however, the insurance industry along with the rest of the business community understand that the British government has gotten very serious about the issue, and they expect knock-on effects will expand to Europe. As for the hugely influential U.S. market, where the industry used to pass off environmental liability onto government, insurers now believe that climate change is so serious a threat to business that they...
...already gotten his chance earlier this month, when he boxed the Spanish film critic known only as "Oso," from the website Cinecutre.com. Boll deftly defeated the oafish Oso, knocking him to the ground several times, though never completely out. At the end of the one-sided fight, Boll said in a prepared statement, "Contrary to what those stupid, weak critics say, I have now proven that my movies are fantastic...
Reports claim he had been sweating profusely, but Duque said he had just finished showering and hadn’t gotten a chance to dress himself...