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...about the same extent. The difference between 3 percent and 1-1/2 percent may sound small. But at 3 percent per year, the standard of living would double about every 23 years, or once every generation; by contrast, at 1-1/2 percent, a doubling would occur only roughly every 47 years, or once every other generation...
...Though large, concrete changes have yet to occur, Faust’s emphasis on the arts has reverberated throughout the community. “We’ve been explicitly encouraged to think, and to think open-endedly and ambitiously,” Scanlan said. “It will unmistakably lead to something...
It’s sort of awkward being a college journalist.Sure, as far as journalists go, we’re blessed. Most of the events we need to cover occur within a half-mile radius of our homes (Quadlings excluded), our subjects and sources eat meals in the same dining halls as we, and we don’t have to work with schmucks like Joe Morgan. Of course, for every 10 home games we cover, there’s a trip down the ever-dangerous Muller Hill Road, but professional journalists generally have much more trying lives than student...
Some of the most notable moments in sports history, such as Babe Ruth’s “Called Shot” in the 1932 World Series and Joe Namath’s guaranteed victory in Superbowl III, occur when players foresee success. Last year, then-sophomore Chris Clayton made a less dramatic but equally accurate prediction of his own that his Harvard men’s tennis team would win the Ivy League this season. The Crimson, driven by solid play across the board, brought home the Ivy League Championship with a perfect 7-0 record and notched...
...Trick” candy appeared around New York City: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Cadbury Chocolates, apples, and even Coke contained dangerous and nasty surprises. It is quite possible that the collective hysteria that struck nationwide last weekend indirectly caused these incidents to occur. With countless articles about the issue (prompted by countless meetings by many overreacting parents), newspapers and television spots put ideas into that many more sick heads. Just as paranoia builds on itself until the subject is immobilized, so the elaborate Halloween precautions may have spurred the very attacks they were meant to protect. Back...