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...article “Crimson Poll Finds Professors at FAS Deeply Divided on Embattled Leader” (News, Feb. 22) could more logically have been headlined “Crimson Poll Finds less than one-third Faculty Demanding President’s Resignation.” It is curious that an article reporting on issues of bias couldn’t itself avoid the temptation...
...story of female achievement in Iceland doesn't necessarily have a happy ending. Educators have found that when girls leave their rural enclaves to attend universities in the nation's cities, their science advantage generally shrinks. While 61% of university students are women, they make up only one-third of Iceland's science students. By the time they enter the labor market, many are overtaken by men, who become doctors, engineers and computer technicians. Educators say they watch many bright girls suddenly recoil in the face of real, head-to-head competition with boys. In a math class...
...meal lines seem like déjà vu for those who remember when Adams first introduced its harsh restrictions, it’s no coincidence. Before Adams decided to close its dining hall to first-years during lunch and dinner hours, swipe-card data showed that approximately one-third of Adams diners were first-year students, placing an inordinate strain on dining hall staff to produce that much extra food...
Hollywood has good reason to be worried. BitTorrent downloads account for one-third of Internet traffic, according to CacheLogic. So-called tracker sites post links to movies, video games and episodes of TV shows, the content of which is then traded at turbocharged speeds. With more folks logging onto the Internet via broadband connections, online trading of movies, TV shows and porn is surging. Downloads of feature films alone are up 175% in the past year, says BigChampagne, another Web-tracking firm. In response, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently filed dozens of civil suits against tracker sites...
STONECIPHER: Reasonable people can disagree. Airbus thinks passengers want to go through big-hub airports. Boeing thinks people want to go direct to their destination. It's also easier to build such a huge plane if somebody else--in this case, European taxpayers--is paying for one-third...