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...American career opportunities are magnified, of course, by the instant foot-in-the-door that a Harvard degree offers. “Harvard, by the nature of being one of the better institutions, gives you more opportunities to stay [in the U.S.], whereas lesser schools don’t provide as many opportunities for jobs and might make it harder to stay here,” Saigal says...
...game rages on. Some guy hits something with a misshapen plank of wood and everybody in the room goes “Ooooooh.” Instead of being rowdy, the audience is mostly reverent. Mild shouts of “What a bowl!” greet the instant replay. When something goes terribly awry, they tilt back their heads and make a disapproving yet dignified “tsk” sound, or place their heads in their hands while groaning or (when things get really rough) raise their arms at an oblique angle and flail their forefingers...
...pile of people struggling to move and screaming for help. "The people just pancaked in front of him," his sister Virginia Zoerb says. "The guy underneath pleaded for him to get out, but he just couldn't." Conway felt his shoes melt and his feet catch fire. At that instant, a patron who had just wriggled free grabbed Conway's arm and pulled him out. Conway turned back to the pile of people and saw them all burst into flames. Their hands reached out desperately for anyone to pull them free, but no one could. Their hands were all aflame...
CITIZEN KANE. Citizen Kane was an instant classic upon its 1941 release. The American Film Institute named it the best movie made—ever. Yet the film was an epic flop at the Academy Awards, converting just one of its nine nominations, taking the award for Best Original Screenplay. (WWII propaganda classic Mrs. Miniver swept the top prizes.) Citizen Kane, it seems, has gotten the last laugh. Secretary, take heart. Citizen Kane screens March...
...height of the dot-com bubble, a certain number of students thought a computer science degree would be a ticket to instant millions,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “A drop of 20-30 percent seems to me a sensible correction...