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...Zidane told a still-agonizing French public what had provoked the most notorious head-butt in the history of the game. Exactly what button had Marco Materazzi pushed to cause Zidane to forsake his teammates, and the still obtainable victory in Sunday's World Cup final, and instead to opt for the hollow satisfaction of corporal payback? What hateful words could have detonated the violence that provoked Zidane's ejection, and helped deny him and France the dream of a second world title in eight years? Millions of fans tuned in to an exclusive interview on France's Canal Plus...
...first time ever, Social Analysis 10 (aka Ec 10) is a divisible course—that is, students don’t have to sit through Beren Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw’s year long class and can opt to take the one semester only. Non-economics concentrators who are interested in taking part of this introductory class will surely rejoice that they aren’t stuck for a full year...
...Gatorade and other sports drinks are healthy summer beverages, but such drinks are often high in both sodium and sugar. Michele Simon, founder of the Center for Informed Food Choices, says sugary sports drinks like Capri-Sun Sport are nearly as unhealthy as soda, and recommends that exercising kids opt for water instead. Kraft lists the first three ingredients as water, high fructose corn syrup and sugar, with 16 grams of sugar and 55 milligrams of sodium in every little pouch. "This is just another form of sugar water," Simon says. "Athletes in Florida running marathons may benefit from sports...
...season, for that matter) will know of my wariness about investment banking careers and the like, as well as my hyperbolic readiness to blame all society’s ills on corporate America. In reality, I am not actually disdainful of my peers, many creative and curious souls, who opt for careers in finance. Here’s what’s really bothering me: I find myself increasingly frustrated, disappointed, and enraged by the extent to which corporate culture and associated sensibilities seem to have permeated Harvard, from the highest University offices to the quietest freshman dorms. Four years...
...mention their race because he believes that school choices are contributing to racial division. De facto segregation between public and private education, he fears, will result in a system like Boston’s, where the majority of students who attend the public schools are minorities and where whites opt for private education. And this fear is being borne out, he says, by falling enrollment. The Cambridge system has shrunk by more than 1,000 students over the past three years, and the city’s schools have registered 11 consecutive years of enrollment decline...