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...until the middle of December, taking only a pitiful two-day break at Thanksgiving for a vacation that is barely long enough for us to catch our breath. In December, we return home each year for a Winter vacation that is consistently shorter than the holidays enjoyed at our peer institutions, and even that brief respite is burdened for Harvard students with the task of writing papers and the prospect of facing exams upon our return to Cambridge. When we finally take our exams in mid-to-late January, a month or more has often passed since we were last...
Reining in Net Gamblers Online gambling, once considered a long-shot business, is raking in the chips. Online betting exchanges, the peer-to-peer punting havens that allow gamblers to match up with one another, take about $5.2 billion in bets annually. But in Britain, traditional bookmakers like William Hill have been griping for years that because the exchanges allow punters to "lay" bets - bet on a horse, team or competitor to lose, rather like investors who sell stock short - they encourage corruption. No chance, say the exchanges, who insist that picking a loser is no different from picking...
...laissez faire attitude about alcohol is not exactly a radical proposal, given the way Harvard’s peer institutions regard student drinking—even drinking underage...
...welcome sound research into the developing peer-to-peer industry and this study appears to have covered some interesting ground,” said Nikki Hemming, CEO of Sharman Networks, in a press release...
...look forward to what other academics will have to say about it since it has not been officially peer-reviewed,” Weiss wrote...