Word: minuses
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...Government (KSG). The poll, started in 2000 by Harvard students, is led by student chairs Marina Fisher ’09 and Matthew T. Valji ’08 with the help of IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe. The poll claims a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent and is unique among its peers in that it is administered entirely online. “Only 45 percent of young people total and just 33 percent of college students have a landline telephone,” Fisher said. “A lot more young people have...
...households earning roughly between $20,000 and $100,000 annually--had a debt-to-income ratio of 141% in 2004, according to New York University (NYU) economist Edward Wolff. And he figures it's even higher today. In the third quarter of 2005, the national savings rate (personal income minus spending) went negative for the first time since the Great Depression, and it has bounced back only slightly since...
...arithmetic of carbon dioxide tells us pretty clearly about the kind of global agreement that we will need. The world economy is growing at about 5% per year, a rate that causes the size to double every 14 years. Energy demand will rise at a similar rate minus the energy saving we can achieve through improved efficiency. World energy demand might triple by 2050, yet we'll have to bring emissions at mid-century well under today's global rate if the world is to stay safe. The point is that all major economies, including the U.S., Europe, Japan, China...
...season. Yale played its worst. The fact that the Crimson played its A-game with the championship on the line means that, despite going 1-2 in non-conference, scoring fewer points, and allowing more, it had the better season. But the fact that the Bulldogs graded a D-minus in the all-important showdown should not totally overshadow their accomplishments in 2007.Disgruntled and embarrassed online readers started commenting on the Yale Daily News’ game story shortly after the final whistle, most of them calling for Siedlecki’s job. It fell to a few dissenters...
...During a competitive speed-reading of Mitch Albom’s best-selling non-fiction masterpiece, “45:33” had startlingly different effects on the test subjects. AFN: Finished book with astounding speed. Even had time to write a response paper on it. Received check minus on said paper. Hypothesis: “45:33” severely affects reading comprehension. RLD: Cried during the sad chapters. Also danced furiously during the sad chapters. The combination of sweat and tears made paperback copy unreadable. Result: LOSER. WATERYOUDOING? The lab subjects played an old summer camp game...