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...this point in the game, the Athletics Department decided to partner up with the Varsity Club to sell DHAs to students at the discounted price of $25 per item, as long as they were willing to trek to the Club office by November...
...site looks like any other map of Harvard’s campus because they were all created by CS50 with the sameinterface, but when you search for an item and then hit “enter” or click on your desired location, a bubble pops up identifying that location, with links for “website” and “room reservations.” The former links to the building’s main website (if it exists) and the latter links to the room reservation procedure page on that building’s site...
...there was a lot more bass. Instead of legacy sales, it all had to do with trend. The layered look is very in right now; by selling things that go together there is a much greater chance that a store is going to sell you more than one item...
Natural disasters, oil spills, car crashes, riots, crime: anything you pay to fix will boost GDP. Helping a neighbor up the stairs, skipping work to watch your son's Little League game, strolling in the woods won't. GDP tallies the value of an item, but not the environmental cost of its production: pollution, carbon emissions or the depletion of minerals and ecosystems. "It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets," said Robert Kennedy in 1968. "It does not include the beauty of our poetry...
Critics say the auctions are another example of a "marketing to Madoff victims" campaign by industries ranging from life insurance to real estate. A common agenda item for Madoff-victim groups, say their leaders, is the relentless mailings for offers like life settlement or selling a life-insurance policy to a third party for a profit. (See TIME's Wall Street covers...