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...record like this. Either the band is completely ignorant of their lack of any apparent skill, or they’re merely going through the motions to put the final nail in the coffin of their record contract. Either way, it’s irrelevant. From the sub-par album cover to childish song titles like “Dizzy” and “Firefight,” all the variables of a band on its last legs are in place. 2007 may be the year Jimmy Eat World’s name becomes ironically prophetic; the World...
...such as Brazil and India have become more robust, more diversified and consequently less vulnerable to economic downturns in the U.S. and Europe. Many companies in developing countries are today better capitalized and better managed than they were 10 years ago, helping to justify valuations that are more on par with companies in developed countries. In fact, some emerging-market sectors look very cheap. Manufacturers of technology products, such as computers, are trading at an average discount of almost 20% to their industrial-country peers, even though they enjoy significantly higher earnings growth. No bubble there. Nor is there...
...enjoyment gap? One theory posits that today’s women—especially high-achieving young women—combine all the pressures of their male counterparts with an imperative to be “effortlessly hot.” This generates a kind of constant pressure on par with having to hold your stomach in at an orgy...
After a below-par first half, Harvard dominated play but was unable to break through despite tallying 16 shots after halftime...
...passing attempt. It gains a league-worst (by far) 3.0 yards per run. So you’d think the Crimson would go with what’s working and feature a majority-pass offense, right? Nope—it checks in at 55 percent run. This is on par with Tim Murphy’s historical trends. Even in the early 00’s, when his best offensive players were quarterback Neil Rose and two-time Ivy Player of the Year wideout Carl Morris, Harvard ran more than it threw...