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...whose How Much Is a Million? tries to wrap young minds around the concept. "One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days. A billion seconds is 32 years. And a trillion seconds is 32,000 years. I like to say that I have a pretty good idea what I'll be doing a million seconds from now, no idea what I'll be doing a billion seconds from now, and an excellent idea of what I'll be doing a trillion seconds from...
...Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...
...marked her first collegiate 3K, as well as her first collegiate win. “The race was actually a really great way to start the season,” May said. “I talked with the coaches before and we decided it would be a good idea to try a different event to get ready for the mile. Jason told me to go for a negative split...make sure my second half was faster than my first half to make sure I’m working on my strength.” Another strong sign coming...
...idea that allowing students to hide specific SAT scores is advantageous is fundamentally incorrect. A major upside of requiring students to report all of their scores is that this dissuades students from retaking the test an excessive number of times. Presumably the College Board has been operating from the same misimpression as Harvard College Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons, who endorsed the new policy when he told the New York Times, “Score Choice will help defuse some of the pressure and give students a sense that not everything is riding on the tests, which really...
...what it hopes will be its most prominent, prolific, and exciting year yet.THE HISTORYVeritas began in 2003 as the pet project of Matt L. Siegel ’05 and Dan J. Zaccagnino ’05. In their sophomore year, Zaccagnino came to Siegel with the idea of creating a Harvard record label. Similar labels had been created at New York University and Berklee College of Music, but Harvard was lagging in creating a forum for students interested in popular music. “There wasn’t much of a live music scene at Harvard but there...