Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DEAS, which comprises the undergraduate majors of Engineering, Computer Science and Applied Math, is currently housed in the Cruft-Pierce-Aiken complex of buildings located on the edge of the law school quad. Although many Harvard undergraduates never venture past the Science Center and hence have no idea what we're talking about, suffice it to say that these buildings are pretty near full...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Republicans have slashed funds for reading and math programs, they have slashed funds for safe and drug-free schools, for vocational education and adult-education programs. There seems to be no end to this madness...
...they duck most is the inquiry about their lifestyle and typical hours. None of them will say, "Look, they work me like a slave at Bank X. I work 80 or 90-hour weeks and my boss is a bully and a jerk. Also, if you do the math, I'm not even making minimum wage." You have to start working to find out that part of the equation...
Here's a modest math problem for presidents and student athletes alike: Multiply $100 a month times nine months times the 130,000 Division I men and women who juggle sports and academics. The answer is $117 million, or peanuts compared with what major college sports generate in TV revenue, gate receipts and apparel sales, not to mention the untold bounty from endowments and name recognition so dependent on football and basketball. In fact, $117 million is about what a network would pay to televise the oft-discussed college Super Bowl...
Banks in particular are willing to deal because credit cards, even those with "low" interest rates, remain the most profitable assets in their portfolios. The math is relatively simple: banks borrow money from the government at 5%; the average card carries a 17.54% annual charge. The difference between the two is called the spread, for obvious reasons. In addition, card issuers typically charge merchants some 2% to 3% of the amount of each purchase that a customer makes. Throw in late fees, or in GE's case early fees, and margins might be enhanced further. "Banks earn more from credit...