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...solely intellectual or spiritual motives—can bring about progress in areas like medicine, technology, and scholarship. Ultimately, it’s a trade-off. A society can either have complete equality and no social divisions but inadequate resources, or great inequality and social divisions along with the impetus to continually move forward. I reluctantly prefer the latter. I know that American society requires inequality to some extent. But our ability to progress can eventually close the gap. We just have to figure out how. —Staff writer Anna M. Friedman...
...advantage, luring foreign automakers to both supply its domestic market and develop export programs. Almost all the big names?GM, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen?have joint ventures that assemble vehicles for the local market, with sales booming at a 22% average annual clip. Strong sales in China have cooled the impetus to export. So has the majors' ample capacity at plants overseas. And low wages don't make China a low-cost producer. The country has an inefficient supply chain, high component costs (many parts are slapped with import tariffs) and nonwage expenses like housing for factory workers. CSM's Zhang...
...class is due the Monday before break, agrees. “It’s a definite relief not to have to think about it over break or reading period,” he said. For some, knowing that they would finish a class mid-December provided an added impetus to take the class. “It certainly wasn’t the deciding factor,” said Hughes, “but it was on my mind as I was shopping for classes.” This system, however, is not without its flaws. Alice...
...large readership,” Scheinmann said. “They do fill a void—all the other publications...may have an even coverage but are still the campaigns portraying themselves, as opposed to students having a forum for discussion on their own....It creates an impetus for people to do more research on their own.”“It adds a new dimension to the entire campaign,” Koh said. “You can gauge student opinion and see what’s going on, engage in dialogue about...
...made sense to think about where the gamers could go,” wrote Terry, explaining that because video games do not require cable, it makes sense for gamers to use the television without cable. Many Lowellians cited the widespread dissatisfaction that plagued the house last spring as an impetus for the creation of the gaming lounge. “If you wanted to go watch The Daily Show at 11 and people were trying to play X-box on that television then that would be a problem,” said Aaron D. Chadbourne...