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...history--have rewritten the rule book for forecasting. For at least two years, economists following conventional models have predicted a slowing of growth and modest rises in unemployment and inflation; the exact opposite has happened. So forecasters must search for new models, and it's anyone's guess who will find the most accurate one. But unless something happens that is much worse than any board member foresees, the outlook for the economy recalls the old gag about sex: when it's good, it's marvelous--and when it's only so-so, it's still pretty good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Board Of Economists: Wall Street's Ghostbusters | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

Bush will always call himself pro-life, but it looks as if he is going to fake right and move left (or is it the other way around?) in hopes that pro-choicers will think he's secretly their friend and would never ban abortion. If I had to guess, I would say he is either like his father, seemingly indifferent, or like his mother, seemingly pro-choice. But why should voters have to guess? If he really believes that every abortion is the taking of a human life, would he throw in the towel because not enough hearts agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Pleasing Everyone | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...your life with which you should concern yourself. My advice to you is to seek another dimension of life at Harvard: other people. Unlike the course guide and the extracurricular fair, after orientation week you will never be presented with a chance to meet people and choose friends. I guess I thought there would be another chance, and so hung out only with people I knew from back home at the beginning of my first year. I'll meet people in lectures. Sorry in Sanders. Sections, then. Maybe, but during your first year you're still too busy actually doing...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting the Most From Your Time At Harvard | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...best guess is the lyrics were changed because "thy sons" is a remnant of Harvard's exclusively male past. The lyric is not meant to constantly remind Harvard women that they have not always been full and equal members of the University. But it can. Women's reactions to the phrase "thy sons" range from complete acceptance to indifference to outrage. So why is my reaction somewhere between the first two? As a woman, I should embrace the politically correct change. After all, the Harvard that sang only of its sons is one that didn't want...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...best guess is the lyrics were changed because "thy sons" is a remnant of Harvard's exclusively male past. The lyric is not meant to constantly remind Harvard women that they have not always been full and equal members of the University. But it can. Women's reactions to the phrase "thy sons" range from complete acceptance to indifference to outrage. So why is my reaction somewhere between the first two? As a woman, I should embrace the politically correct change. After all, the Harvard that sang only of its sons is one that didn't want...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: What's in a Song? | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

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