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...maybe not. In the past few weeks, another rival to the dollar - created in 1969 but dormant for most of the time since - has made a spectacular re-entry onto the world scene. It goes by the ungainly name of special drawing right (SDR), and it is the currency not of some foreign rival but of the Washington-based and traditionally U.S.-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF). It isn't even really its own currency, since it derives its value from a "basket" that contains dollars, euros, yen and pounds. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...points outward to snap images of your friends - thus giving your handheld more sensory inputs for better game play and amusing slide shows. There's even software that lets you take a picture of yourself and modify it on the fly, messing with your features or grafting your face onto other objects in ways that folks have been doing with Photoshop on computers for many years. The DSi makes it easier to do this, in a down-and-dirty kind of way, and you can perform similarly geisha-like parlor tricks with audio recordings, speeding up or slowing down your...
...doesn’t, at least, not to a novice. But once Snow hops onto a horse and wields a mallet, it all becomes clear. Snow—who was the captain of his high school hockey, lacrosse, and soccer teams—is that all-around athlete who possesses the added dimension of poise that distinguishes the truly talented from the merely overeager. Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, coach of the Harvard men’s polo team, sums it up by calling his son a “quiet player...
...next hour, the three boys troop around the stable to tack the horses. They wrap protective bandages around the ponies’ fore legs, attach the bridles, lay out saddle blankets, and braid the tails to make room for back swings. Nick jumps onto a golf cart with a large rake attached to the back, and the vehicle wheezes and rattles across the indoor arena in sweeping symmetrical arcs to smooth the sand, or “footing,” which is looser than most other indoor fields. Mid-way, Nick gets out of the car to swiftly scoop...
...enraged and angered.” Answer? “Anagrams.”RR: How did you get involved with the Harvard Crossword Society?NSR: I was the top undergraduate scorer in this tournament two years ago. That’s how I broke out onto the scene.RR: And you’re going to be the President of the society next year? Congratulations! How many members do you have?NSR: (Pause) Right now?RR: Yes…NSR: Three.RR: Oh. Okay. Well, have you ever used crossword puzzles to pick up girls?NSR: No.RR: Would...