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...extended drop period would encourage students to drop out of classes in which they were performing poorly, which would subsequently lead to grade inflation. But the costs of dropping out of classes—having to choose another class late in the term or taking on a heavier course load in a subsequent semester—is an adequate deterrent half-way through the semester for most students. Their suggestion of grade inflation as an unfortunate outcome of an add-drop system is a gratuitous jab at undergraduates, most of who utilize add-drop not to procure the best grades...
...takes a Prius three trips to Sam's to carry the same load of paper towels and salsa that an Expedition could manage in one, is the Prius evil? While only 1% to 10% of SUV owners actually use their vehicles' off-road and towing capacities, it's wrong to say those extras are wasted on the majority. Surely many of the buyers made the rational calculation that off-roading and towing might be useful in an emergency. (At a time when everyone is duct-taping the windows, it doesn't seem so crazy to think you would...
...hold any one of a thousand different numbers (1,024 to be exact). But a row of 10 qubits, because of its quantum nature, can hold all the numbers at once. To find the square root of every number from 1 to 1,000, you would load them all onto a row of 10 atoms, perform a single calculation, and--voila--all the answers would appear...
...good way to invest around the world is through a well-run global mutual fund. I would consider Oakmark Global, a no-load fund that plays the value game successfully, and broker-sold First Eagle Global, which has a good-size stake in industrial-materials stocks, the kinds that are most leveraged to a recovery. And one last but important point: some foreign funds spend money hedging against currency moves. Check yours because you don't want that. In the short term, the trend is in your favor, and long term it all evens...
...pulls the rotating reamer slowly upward, carving out a much bigger hole. As the reamer climbs, ore tumbles down the shaft to the lower level, where the scoop tram waits. Once its bucket is full, an operator maneuvers the tram to a scanning station, where the purity of the load is analyzed, and then to the grizzly, where the ore is dumped...