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Competition between schools creates other positive changes in undergraduate education and college life for students beyond financial aid. Schools constantly improve the quality of food and housing, department advising, class size and class offerings in an attempt to outperform competing schools and attract the eyes, and tuition checks, of prospective students...
...decidedly different sort of action as he takes the reins from Ridley Scott (Hannibal). With Edward Norton as the retired FBI agent who returns to the Bureau to catch a family-slaughtering psychopath (the dashing Ralph Fiennes, believe it or not), this nail-biting psycho-thriller looks to outperform its predecessors...
...burgeoning world population. But Navdanya has shown that in some areas, organic farmers with a knowledge of local conditions and traditional methods can achieve high yields at little cost to the environment. In India at least, Navdanya sets an eco-friendly standard that agribusiness must show it can outperform. The challenge for genetic engineers is to create seeds adapted to particular locales that enable farmers to reduce, not increase, the use of chemicals...
...year, but Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is determined to modernize the economy - by ordering businesses to comply with international accounting standards by 2004. BOTTOM LINES "Women invest with their heads and men with testosterone." Angela Knight, CEO of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers, on why female investors outperform males by 9.5% in Germany "If these are the opinions you honestly hold, call me collect. We can do business." Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, on executives who claim stock options cost nothing "I always thought it was good for you." Caesar Barbar, one of seven Americans suing McDonald...
...athlete, you may think that the Office of Admissions gives free passes to those who can run fast, jump high, throw far, or kick hard. Never mind that Harvard is the most selective college for both athletes and non-athletes or that athletes here often outperform their Ivy counterparts both on the field and, statistically speaking, in the classroom...