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...presidency. Flores confirmed seeing cases where representatives were “not even representing anyone else’s interest but [their] own.” In an interview, James said that “three-fourths [of UC representatives] have absolutely the right motivation. One-fourth don’t.” That one-fourth, he said, was more fixated on arguing over Robert’s Rules than representing students. UC members were guilty, he said, of making “idiotic points just so they can hear themselves pontificate.” In another part...
...nearly one-fourth of my 25th reunion class formed Harvard Alumni for Social Action (HASA) to try to make improving education for the world’s poorest students part of Harvard’s development approach. We lobbied Harvard to allow our class to set up an alternate gift, in Harvard’s honor, which would build the institutional capacity of a university in sub-Saharan Africa with which Harvard already has academic collaborations. In view of the devastating impact of AIDS on African academics and the dilapidated state of their institutions, we felt that a class donation...
Though CFL bulbs expend only one-fourth the energy of their incandescent counterparts, they also contain trace amounts of toxic mercury. According to Wofsy, the 5 milligrams of mercury per bulb “doesn’t sound like much, but it adds...
After testing sushi from four restaurants and 10 grocery stores using a simple genetic-fingerprinting technique, two local high school students discovered that one-fourth of the samples were mislabeled; some lower-quality seafood was being passed off as top-grade fish. While their study was too small to indicate a trend--and the students, fearing lawsuits, wouldn't name names--the case has New Yorkers wondering what's between their chopsticks...
...finally go see his movies. Despite being heralded globally for his movie magic, Ceylan's films - slow-paced, poetic tales of individuals struggling against the bleak backdrop of modern Turkey - routinely flop back home. Distant, a previous Cannes competitor, was seen by just 20,000 people in Turkey - only one-fourth as many as saw it in France. His current Cannes winner, Three Monkeys, has yet to sell to Turkish TV, which has deemed it too arty...