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Harvard, which currently manages 30 percent of its funds internally and uses external investors to oversee the rest, says that its investment model allows it to achieve extraordinary growth at a fraction of the cost of hiring comparable outside managers. Nevertheless, Kaiser emphasized the need for lower compensation—even if it means that Harvard is forced to abandon the successful but arguably risky investment strategies that have served it well in the past...
...Nevertheless, Christie’s parents and other members of the community are right to express outrage at the facts of the case. Christie is only six years old, and he brought the knife in because he wanted to show off his new Cub Scout tool at lunch. The rationale behind suspending him and potentially sentencing him to a month and a half in reform school seems highly questionable: Christie is not a student with violent or disruptive tendencies, so the question remains as to which aspects of his behavior need to be “reformed...
...Nevertheless, people will still refuse to get vaccinated, which will greatly increase their chances of contracting the virus. They can then become carriers who can contribute to the further spread of the disease. The resolve to avoid vaccination is bolstered by popular personalities like Glenn Beck, who said on his radio show that the vaccine could be “deadly,” and comedian Bill Maher, who on his Twitter feed called anyone who received the H1N1 vaccine an “idiot.” Regardless of the validity of these claims and the science that strongly...
...Among Shakespeare's recycled bits of phrases: "come in person hither," "pale queene of night," "thou art thy selfe," "author of my blood" and even the whole phrase "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds." Other matching strings are less compelling, but are nevertheless an essential part of distinguishing the author's linguistic fingerprint, says Vickers. The professor also matched more than 200 strings of words between Edward III and Kyd's earlier works - at this point in his career, he had only three plays to his name. According to Vickers, Kyd should get top billing on the play...
...Nevertheless, he said that he is optimistic the event will have a good turnout...