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...Veering off track. Resisting the urge to Google Are we there yet? No longer quite so friendly to drop-bys. ("Yes, it's a treadmill." "Not that difficult, but I'm a practiced walker." "I am working...
...ditch its free-market ways for Asia's "state-led" capitalist system. What America needed was to copy aspects of the bureaucracy-managed economy - like its policy of providing state support to favored industries - that seemed such a stunning success in Japan. The American government "can no longer afford not to give more positive guidance" to the economy, wrote Asia expert Ezra Vogel in his 1979 book Japan as Number One, "if our country is to continue to provide world leadership and an optimal quality of life for its own citizens." This view evaporated as well, once Japan's economy...
...with jump balls, steals, or blocked shots seeming to come on every other possession. It was Lin that led the rejuvenated Crimson in the second half as Harvard lost its lead again only once. He garnered 19 of his points in the period, including nine points from the new longer-range three-point line.Harvard freshman Keith Wright made his presence known, as well, pulling down eight of his 12 boards in the second half, including seven offensive rebounds.Three freshmen started for the Crimson last night, including Wright and guards Oliver McNally and Max Kenyi. Kenyi was the only other Crimson...
...says, pointing to a dramatic rise in food-stamp caseloads in recent months. The number of people using food stamps has risen 9.6%, or roughly 2.6 million people, from August 2007 to August 2008, the last period for which data are available. Food banks around the country are reporting longer lines even as donations are falling...
Benjamin Franklin once remarked that the beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of your own ignorance. This is no longer true. Nowadays, the knowledge of your own ignorance is the beginning of a race towards a computer with Internet access...