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...time to lighten up on energy, basic materials and other economy- sensitive stocks, says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Schwab. She is shifting into slowdown stalwarts like health care and consumer staples. But she is also heavy in technology shares, which she believes have fallen so far as to be bargains in any economic climate...
...appointed Ford Professor of Human Evolution David Pilbeam, an administrative veteran, to a new post as his senior adviser. Former Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien was forced out of her post this summer. Her position, formed in 2004, was created to lighten Gross’ workload. Gross told The Crimson at the time of O’Brien’s hiring that his responsibilities as dean of the College—a post created in 2003 that consolidated two top administrative positions—“was just too much?...
...Amangani defines itself further with an unlikely fusion of Asian-inspired elegance and rustic grandeur. Slate floors and minimalist decor lighten redwood-paneled rooms warmed by log fires. Rawhide-and-rattan chairs are paired with black terrazzo tables in the 65-seat restaurant, whose eclectic menu stretches from Peking duck to elk steak. A 35-m swimming pool and whirlpool accompany full spa facilities. Originality and exclusivity makes Amangani a big hit with celebrity guests, but Zecha insists its real draw is its nonflashy approach. "Just don't say it's Zen-like," he urges. "It's so pretentious...
...both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. "Just because you haven't heard of a college doesn't mean it's no good," argues Marilee Jones, the admissions dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an outspoken advocate of the idea that parents need to lighten up. "Just as you've changed and grown since college, colleges are changing and growing...
...report, "was that a very large percentage of the adult population was not meeting the existing standard." Reasoning that the guidelines were just too intimidating for most people and that a little exercise had to be better than none at all, Pate and his colleagues decided to lighten up the message. "The recommendations do not say," he emphasizes, "that vigorous activity was inappropriate or that the more traditional exercise prescription model was wrong...