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...expression in the Philosophy department offers unique challenges. (Sometimes it can be tempting to throw your copy of Descartes’ “Meditations” into Mass. Ave. traffic.) Instead of running your own interpretation of the readings through your TF’s critical analysis filter (par for the course in other humanities areas, especially English), philosophy papers introduce the rudiments of philosophical thought by having students retrace the steps that other scholars have paced over for years. This style of learning isn’t for everyone, but those who like the intellectual precision...
...healthiest” states include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington, which have combined male-female life expectancies above 78 years, which is the European average. Washington D.C. is the unhealthiest place to live, with a combined life expectancy of 72 years, on par with the Gaza Strip. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina, all have combined life expectancies under 75 years—lower than Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Middlesex County, which includes Cambridge, fares well; men here can expect to live 76.8 and women 81.4 years. The study seeks to raise awareness...
...Strike ’06-’08 lamented that the food quality was not up to par with Tommy?...
...rebuilt Esprit into one of the fastest-growing apparel retailers. Sales in the past fiscal year, which ended in June, probably topped $3 billion, nearly triple its revenues in 2001. In those five years, Esprit's market value has increased eightfold, to more than $10 billion, roughly on a par with Limited Brands and almost twice the size of Abercrombie & Fitch...
...take assets away from Europe," he says. "The big gain is to attract assets from within its own region. And [Singapore] is doing that tremendously." For now, though, it still has a long way to go before it can claim to be a wealth-management capital on a par with Switzerland. Assets under management at Singapore private banks total about $200 billion, says Ong Chong Tee, deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. That compares with $3.71 trillion in Switzerland...