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...less religious, for starters. Last year, Italy recorded the lowest number of marriages in its history. In less devout countries such as Britain, almost two-thirds of marriages are conducted by civil authorities. One reason is that immigration and increased mobility within Europe are bringing together couples from different religious backgrounds who may find a civil union the best option. Sujata Naik and Ron Scapello puzzled over the possibilities. In the end, Naik, a dual British and U.S. national of Indian immigrant parents, brought up as a Hindu but educated at a convent school, took Scapello, a Briton of Maltese...
...rebalanced. The current recovery has been fueled by business investment more than any recovery since the 1950s. But investment cannot grow faster than GDP indefinitely. The second pillar of the recovery has been a rising trade surplus, fueled by strong growth in the U.S. and China and the lowest price-adjusted value of the yen since 1986. That, too, has limits...
...Finally, 6.1 million low-income seniors who used to receive their drugs under Medicaid, which required pharmaceutical manufacturers to offer drugs at their "best prices," have been transferred to the new Medicare drug program, which doesn't have the lowest price requirement. As a result, the pharmaceutical industry stands to make an extra $30 billion over the next decade, according to the report...
Sophomore Emily Balmert won the individual tournament Sunday with a school-record round of 1-under 71, while the team posted the lowest 18- and 36-hole scores in the history of the program, easily good enough for the team title...
...sometimes viewed as a barometer of alumni confidence in an institution. Harvard’s rate fell slightly to 39 percent during fiscal year 2006—only a single percentage point lower than the previous year’s rate, but the College’s lowest since 1989. Fundraising from Harvard alumni still showed signs of strength last year, including a $41 million reunion donation from the Class of 1981. More than three-quarters of the class contributed to that fund drive, which set records as Harvard’s largest 25th reunion gift, according to Charles...