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...People are less unique than they think,” Gilbert says. “The same kind of things make most people happy, and human relationships is a major...
...annual incomes than whites, though they hold only several hundred political offices nationwide. Their economic success doesn’t rely on political power. Political success doesn’t always translate into economic success either. The Irish, for example, controlled the police forces and fire departments of most major American cities by the late nineteenth century. For years, they governed capitals like Boston and New York, and blackballed Jews and Italians from their political machines. Still, Sowell notes, “…[in America,] the Irish were the slowest rising of the European ethnic groups...
...over half a year—as evidence that the decline in the price levels of single-family housing was nearing its bottom. In an earlier interview with The Crimson, Zell discussed the power of leverage—using borrowed capital to increase investment returns—as a major reason why he chose to enter real estate. “Even when I was in college, I understood the benefits of leverage,” Zell said. “If you start with no capital, then it’s hard to build a motorcycle factory...
...Immaculate Conception. Of course, the Bishop of Rome is very much the first among equals in this ecclesiastical fraternity, the boss from Rome paying a visit to one of his the key affiliates. Indeed, one should look at this speech much as if Benedict were a CEO making a major address to upper management, his words as a kind of spiritual "action plan." As always, improving the organization involves the kind of frank talk that the CEO usually likes to keep behind closed doors. But in this case, the "doors" were open: the reporters scribbling and the TV cameras...
After several brutal days of trying to defend himself against accusations of being an "out-of-touch elitist", Barack Obama faces a major overriding challenge in tonight's nationally televised debate with Hillary Clinton at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center - to prove that is a regular guy. Even under the best of circumstances that's not an easy task when you're standing on a stage before a packed auditorium of hundreds and being broadcast to millions. But considering the fallout he has had to endure since his notorious "bitter" comments about small-town America were revealed, and the fact...