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...will remain as it is, but a new concentration in Human Evolutionary Biology has also been created. Additionally, a Social and Cognitive Neuroscience track has been created in the Psychology department. While some premed students say that this now increases their concentration options, others argue that these changes may limit their field of study too much. —Staff writer Aditi Banga can be reached at abanga@fas.harvard.edu...
...Governors-General of India, observed that while a "member of the Civil Service in England is a clerk, a member of the Civil Service in India may be a proconsul." After passing an entrance exam in England when they were no older than 19 (the age limit, introduced in the late 1870s, was eventually raised to 23), ICS officers were soon shipped off to India's far-flung provinces to be part of what Prime Minister David Lloyd George called "the steel frame" that held the Raj together. The ICS officer was one part taxman, responsible for collecting the tolls...
...even superhorses can be pushed to the limit. With breeding fees as high as they are, owners are tempted to put their best horses on the track sooner and retire them to reproduce earlier. Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner, had 21 career starts. Smarty Jones, winner of the Derby and Preakness in 2004, logged only nine. Rank-and-file racehorses start early too but have harder careers. Winter used to be off-season for racing in the U.S., but now horses are trucked to courses where the weather is warmer and the wagering can continue. What's more...
...nothing but septuagenarian, Eastern-born Lutherans. You get boxed in by your own fear of making a misstep. I'd rather risk having various minorities complain. You have to risk it. It's part of the fun of it. Unless you're willing to stretch, you're going to limit yourself to a kind of self-parody in the end. No, you have to take that risk. And you do it cheerfully, because it's liberating to try to imagine an Arab American. He's not a very average Arab American, in any case. He's sort...
...early 2001 Lay and Jeff Skilling, Enron's longtime leaders, unveiled a new mission statement. No longer would Enron strive to be "The World's Leading Energy Company"; we were going to be "The World's Leading Company." Why limit ourselves to energy? Enron was fast-paced, inventive, exciting; we epitomized the New Economy, able to innovate virtually overnight. Unfortunately, in life, our strengths can become our weaknesses. Just as the dark side of charisma is narcissism, the dark side of innovation is fraud. Enron fell victim to both. Our finance, accounting and legal departments pushed...