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When I first arrived at Harvard, I assumed that my roommates and friends would be curious to hear what growing up in Manhattan was like, but that at most it would be a topic of conversation during Freshman Week. Frankly, I had lived my whole life in “The City,” surrounded by others who had grown up there, and didn’t think that my hometown would incite any immense interest, much less any animosity...
...find students who represent the complete spectrum of neighborhoods, ethnicities, classes, countries and schools that make New York the fantastic melting pot that it is. New York is not populated by a bunch of rich white people whose parents were Ivy Leaguers—the Upper East Side of Manhattan...
...repeat-offender rate of more than 50%. But there is growing evidence that inmates who participate in religious programs while incarcerated are less likely to return once they get out. A 2003 Texas study, done by then University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Byron Johnson in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, found that only 8% of inmates involved in faith-based activities returned within two years after release, compared with 20% for inmates of similar backgrounds and offenses who had no religious routine. In another study, to be published in this month's issue of the journal Justice Quarterly, Johnson...
Looking for a unique graduation present? Asprey, the British lifestyle emporium, sells rare books alongside its collection of luxury goods. The current stock of 1,500 volumes in the Manhattan store includes a first edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and a complete first-edition collection of Jane Austen's novels. Churchill is a hit at Asprey. One client bought a Churchill book for George H.W. Bush, and another purchased an inscribed copy of Churchill's secret-sessions speeches for Bill Clinton. There's also a first edition of Darwin's The Origin of Species...
...population lives in those counties). Ewing found that people in sprawling counties weighed more than those in more compact ones. Residents of the most spread-out locale, Ohio's Geauga County, outside Cleveland, weighed on average 6.3 lbs. more than those living in the most condensed, Manhattan. Geauga County residents were also 29% more likely to have high blood pressure than New Yorkers. (So much for the stresses of city life.) One possible reason: people who lived in the 25 most sprawling counties walked an average of 191 min. a month, compared with 254 min. a month for those living...