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...during the meeting and even broke into a smile several times, appeared to be taking the financial crisis in stride, even if it has captivated his own interest. “I might pull it up,” he said as he searched his computer for a particular graph to answer a question from Putnam. “Because it’s so interesting,” he continued drily. ONE MORE TIME Joseph Levy, a senior human resources consultant and associate of Adams House, stepped to the podium to ask Smith to clarify his priorities...
...hour, 12-question exam was administered by the Mathematical Association of America in the first week of December. A total of 3,627 students from 545 colleges in the United States and Canada participated. The premier undergraduate mathematics competition covers fields such as group theory, set theory, graph theory, and number theory. Results were released by the Harvard mathematics department on Monday, and one Harvard participant attributed his victory partly to serendipity. “I’m very happy to help the team,” Boreico said. “I almost forgot to register...
...Slovak politician, skeptical of the facts and figures trotted out by his opponents, used to say, “You can’t fill your stomach with a pretty graph.” Such mistrust of science, where it occurs, is not entirely surprising: Consider the great number of “experts” who discredited themselves through spectacularly imprecise predictions and pointless internecine skirmishes. The public cannot help but feel confused to the point of paralysis by the holding pattern of contradictory studies and untenable claims into which today’s scientific discourse can lapse...
...knows how long the slump will last or how it will play out. There are plenty of analogies to describe the possible shape of the U.S. downturn if you plotted GDP growth on a graph: V (short and shallow); W (double dip with a positive blip in the middle as a result of fiscal stimulus programs); L (a protracted, Japan-like stagnation); saucer (stagnation with a very weak recovery). A V-shaped recession now seems highly unlikely. The U.S. housing sector continues to deteriorate, eroding consumer confidence and wealth. Private investment is in free fall, and personal consumption (which accounts...
...next graph charts the presidential race. For the past two weeks, it has been nearly flat. Gallup's daily tracking poll, for instance, has been remarkably stable. Every day for two weeks, Obama has been within 1 1/2 points of his average, while McCain has been within a single point...