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...university after just one year at Harvard. Why? Because she had exhausted the science courses she wanted to take here; her new school has a larger selection of courses that interest her. To get the most talented female science concentrators—who have more options open to them, inasmuch as matriculating at or transferring to other schools than their male counterparts (women who want to study science are rare, after all, and any school would love to have the best and brightest among them)—to come to Harvard, less effort should be expended on social events...
...Inasmuch as clothing is still the most obvious sign of one's identity," writes Boyer, "a man should dress in accordance with his profession and standing in the community." Translation: don't fool around, and dress for what is expected of you. This combination of business strategy and social stratification has been the guiding principle of men's fashion throughout this century and has resulted in the sort of conformist panache that is essentially militarist. Women wear clothes, but men have uniforms. Suits for business, tuxes for dress, sport coats and English hunting jackets for weekends...
...Inasmuch as the dollar had remained unusually strong for four years, its drop was a belated blessing to many. American exporters applauded the change since it should lower the price of their goods abroad and make imports more expensive. That would help arrest the growth of the trade deficit, which is heading toward $150 billion this year. Says Harvey Bale, an assistant U.S. trade representative: "This adjustment is welcome. The dollar was way out of line...
...Inasmuch as students are unhappy with their Harvard experience because of Harvard’s likely continuing investment in companies that do business in Sudan, Senior Gift Plus is an effective and appropriate way of withholding Senior Gift...
...leading to the election was the pollster’s question, “With whom would you rather have a beer?” The consensus was generally that Bush would be your man. Ambivalence about Kerry has been attributed to Kerry’s patrician upbringing, but inasmuch as Bush was similarly privileged I believe that Kerry’s ambition was the likelier culprit for Americans’ unease with him. You sense that Bush is the beneficiary of circumstance, that he has not committed the sin of wanting something very badly. He drank! He did drugs...