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...effects of declining commodity prices on the developing world: "Many LICs [low-income countries] rely disproportionately on revenue from commodity exports, the prices of which have declined sharply along with global demand ... During the second half of 2008, non-energy commodity prices plunged 38 percent, with most indices ending the year well below where they started...
...results were striking. One hundred percent of the students who had written about being in charge rolled the dice themselves, compared with only 58% of the students who had written about someone else having power over them. Sixty-nine percent of the control group chose to roll. There may be nothing quite as random as a roll of the dice, but the students on a power high appeared to believe they could do it better. (Read "Does Power Corrupt? Absolutely...
Tay’s leadership does not go unnoticed. Yesterday, Tay became—for the third time this season—the Ivy League Basketball Player of the Week for her outstanding weekend performance in which she shot a combined 71 percent from the field...
...Harvard’s usually high-powered attack didn’t expect to meet its match in Dartmouth, but while the Crimson struggled for shots and rarely converted them, the Big Green put three players in double figures and shot 41 percent for the game. The difference? From start to finish, rebounding...
...clauses that were separated from bill generated considerable controversy at the meeting. They allocate $200 towards publicity efforts to promote the Web site and to entitle the UC to 15 percent of the profits earned during the remainder of the term of the current administration...