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...will you? The consensus in the business world seems to be that Schwarzman and his colleagues may be selling full-price tickets to a ball game in the ninth inning, as the stock market fizzles out. These private-equity types are not in the habit of selling at the bottom. "I always think about what will kill off the other person," Schwarzman once noted, charmingly. Go ahead and buy Blackstone when it becomes available. But don't be disappointed if you take your shares home, unwrap them, wave your magic wand, say abracadabra ... and nothing happens...
...ethnicity.” Although Nathan P. Whitfield ’09, who is a member of the BSA, acknowledges the importance of ethnic and cultural groups, he worries that students who spend a lot of time devoted to their racial community often “get into the habit of sticking with these groups.” He says, “Just having those groups on campus is divisive. As many good things as each of these student groups do, you have to acknowledge the fact that their presence is saying that this is where the Asian students...
...Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology Karin Michels! A study just came out saying that obesity runs within social groups. So does my Felipe’s habit adversely affect the health of my friends? “The bottom-line answer is probably yes, because your friends are going to be going with you when you’re frequenting those various eateries. What you should do is be a role model—say, ‘Lets go to the organic raw food place instead.’ You can turn this around. It?...
...Mathews—who promises an examination of the history of the notorious Mather Lather dance—as well as a social calendar, features on student art, and possibly some jokes from Jeremy A. Cypen ’09, whose is known throughout the House for his habit of e-mailing a joke of the day to the Mather Open e-mail list...
Doing good can become a habit. Cruz, a high school swimmer who works part-time at the Bronx Zoo, has been in the Young Heroes program for three years. He joined in middle school and despite his busy schedule asked to continue as a Young Hero until City Year gets its planned high school program, City Heroes, under way. He says his favorite service day so far has been visiting a local nursing home, where he played cards with the elderly residents, listened to their stories and even gave a few of them manicures...