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...Harvard College Dean L. Fred Jewett '57 introduced full randomization of the housing process to avoid the increasingly non-diverse student groupings. Students could choose a maximum of 16 students to block with, but could no longer request to be in a particular house; in other words, fate was introduced to the housing process. William F. Abely ’99, Bill, now an attorney in Boston, and his blocking group would become the first to perform a sacrificial rite the night before housing...
...supported by hard-line Islamic groups, who believed its passage could counter moral degeneracy among Indonesian Muslims. So far, the law hasn't been applied in a significant way, although contemporary artists and others are worried they could be targets of its harsh prison sentences, which include a maximum of 10 years' in jail for "any person who exhibits themselves or others in a performance...that contains nudity, sexual exploitation...
What's the psychology in the professional investment community now? Are the pros as scared as the general public? Everyone is maximum conservative. The amount of money in money market funds is about half the aggregate value of the S&P 500. That's an unbelievable ratio. Even in hedge funds, which are ordinarily leveraged [i.e., more than 100% invested], they are now less than 100% invested, in some cases less than 50% invested. So everyone is maximum defensive, which is basically good news because if the fundamentals turn, there's plenty of cash to get the market going...
...approach of Kamrava's has come in for particular criticism: implanting large numbers of embryos. Suleman said during her first interview on the Today show that she had been implanted with six embryos during each IVF cycle, far in excess of the maximum recommendation of two for a woman her age by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Days later, the Los Angeles Times reported that a 49-year-old uninsured woman was pregnant with quadruplets after being treated by Kamrava a few months after he helped Suleman become pregnant. In that case, Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos...
Every morning Alexander Vesna, 63, makes the same journey to his bank in the center of Kiev. He stands in line for five or six hours before he is allowed to take out a maximum of 300 hryvnia ($35). "It's my money," he says. "But they won't let me have...