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...have. I think it would suit many as a dark-horse alternative to iPods. But if you want it just for the 8GB, bear in mind that it probably won't be long before there's an 8GB nano with video capabilities. You know, for the rest of the herd...
...Public health experts say that vaccines generally work best when everyone gets them: the laws of "herd immunity" dictate that the more people are protected against a particular virus, the more likely it is to eventually disappear altogether. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection; the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 20 million Americans carry it. By vaccinating children before they are sexually active, there is a hope of dramatically reducing the prevalence of at least some strains for the next generation...
...conservatives are right that the vaccine sends a mixed message, then all the more reason to make it mandatory. That would allow concerned parents who favor abstinence to trust... but verify. And to explain that they're doing this for the larger good of the whole herd...
...know the difference between a Junior Fellow and a University Professor. It is easy for a student merely to let himself drift here because of one great distinction that separates the University from the average American institution. Harvard is designed to speed ahead the superior student, not to herd on the average one. There is a tremendous difference between the honors and non-honors programs. The man who wants expert advice and individual attention to his academic problems can get all he needs if he is willing to work for it. And conversely it is just as easy...
...simple act of generosity: a Japanese man (Kôji Yakusho), on a hunt in Morocco, gives his local guide his Winchester rifle as a present. The guide sells the gun to a goatherd, who entrusts it to his two pre-teen sons to keep jackals away from the herd. The younger son, Yussef (Boubker Ait El Caid), a better shot with a more reckless disposition, tests the rifle's shooting distance by taking thoughtless aim at a bus on the road below their mountain redoubt. He fires, critically wounding one of the tourists inside. She is Susan (Cate Blanchett...