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...engineering the Mississippi made New Orleans vulnerable, it also created enormous value. New Orleans is the busiest port in the U.S.; 20% of all U.S. exports, and 60% of our grain exports, pass through it. Offshore Louisiana oil and gas wells supply 20% of domestic oil production. But to service that industry, canals and pipelines were dug through the land, greatly accelerating the washing away of coastal Louisiana. The state's land loss now totals 1,900 sq. mi. That land once protected the entire region from hurricanes by acting as a sponge to soak up storm surges. If nothing...
...fade, it is very likely that an individual who has not been in school for almost a decade might well fail to keep up.And here, someone will insert the counterargument that Harvard does make exceptions for some of its student-athletes. Point taken—but only with a grain of salt.Firstly, student-athletes sporting Crimson have, just like their classmates, weathered their share of Advanced Placement tests and SAT tests in the recent past. And, for the most part, they have fared well. Harvard isn’t admitting athletes with 2.0 high school grade-point averages.But more importantly...
AGAINST THE GRAIN...
Whether my advice is followed or not, I hope that the questioner will be more confident in whatever decision he or she makes after reading my column. Just remember to take all advice with a grain of salt, preferably one gracing the rim of a margarita...
...male shaving face can be broken down into five areas: two cheeks, the chin, the ’stache, and the underjaw/neck zone. Generally, each of the first four areas has just one grain. That is easy. But what about the underjaw? Cut up? Down? Sideways, just to be artsy? There are so many grains! Seriously—a girl botches a shave and she nicks her leg. I slip up, and I’ve slit my jugular. So, ladies, if you see a man with a clean-shaven underjaw and neck, slap his ass and call...