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Case in point, it would seem, are the other Ivies. They’re almost all just as socio-economically top-heavy as Harvard. But although Harvard is not a lone repository of wealth in the Ivy League, other top schools—even some Ivy League schools—do income diversity better, suggesting universities are not necessarily powerless in the face of societal inequality and that Harvard could be working harder...
Even in the eyes of its toughest critics, Harvard is not the lone offender. Plenty of schools have just as little economic diversity, as measured by Pell Grant percentages. In fact, some criticize other schools in the Ivy League even more...
...Crowe. He's a good singer, and he savors the every-dude camaraderie shown on the band's DVD, Texas, in which the members of TOFOG drink, fart and strum their way through the Lone Star State. But TOFOG is not Crowe's reality so much as his escape from reality. "The subject of his celebrity never really comes up," says Kelly. "Like that kidnapping thing: I don't think we found out about it until we heard about it on the news. He tends to keep those kinds of troubles to himself...
...seems clear that Joe Lieberman is not going to win this nomination. He has pulled out of Iowa. He has dropped to the bottom of the plausible contenders in the New Hampshire polls. His lone hope is to catch fire as the alternative to Howard Dean in the second wave of primaries--in states like South Carolina, Arizona and Oklahoma, where moderate voters abide--but John Edwards and perhaps Wesley Clark seem more likely candidates for that role. Still, Lieberman's candidacy has instructional value on two grounds: his courage has made plain the cowardice of his opponents...
...against novice vandals planting viruses or against more advanced intruders leeching your computing power to launch a cyberattack on someone else. Despite the spate of devastating viruses this year--Slammer in January, Blaster and Sobig in August--the threat has evolved past the 17-year-old hacker, past the lone thief who steals and reveals credit-card data. Businesses must now watch for organized-crime groups adept at lifting valuable, private information and extorting money with it. The Federal Government and key industries must keep aspiring cyberterrorists from busting open dams or shorting out our electric grid from a keyboard...