Word: phenomenons
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...best explanation for the good times is liquidity. Thanks to global integration and financial innovation, higher short-term interest rates have not translated into monetary tightening. On the contrary, the world economy has been swimming in credit of every conceivable kind. Money-supply figures for the U.S. understate the phenomenon because billions of dollars flow abroad every month to finance the American trade deficit. The world's central banks control about $5 trillion of reserves. This in turn has raised monetary growth rates. The total value of commercial-bank assets worldwide is close to $56 trillion, and bank loans...
...wonder I ached to hear the great man was stepping down. We are unlikely to see Warne's kind again. He is a phenomenon, unique, and it seems natural to recognize the fact that his passing will leave cricket fans the poorer. But it's more than just that. We love our greatest athletes because they remind us of what we are not: artful, instinctive, faultless. In their most sublime moments - think a Nadia Comaneci routine, a Michael Jordan leap, a Tiger Woods swing, a Zinédene Zidane pass - sportsmen and women seem to channel the divine, so perfect...
...grassroots phenomenon, says David Favre, a professor at the Michigan State University College of Law, who has studied animal rights laws for 20 years. Feral cats, spaying and neutering, local shelters - these are all local problems that don't get the ear of folks at the federal and state levels. "It is not unlike the environmental movement when I was in law school. Animal welfare is a growing social interest...
...phenomenon does not end at John Harvard’s foot. Harvard may be an elite institution open only to a lucky few, yet it seems to exacerbate, rather than mollify, concerns about status. The product of this anxiety is frequent displays of contempt for the institution. We pee (figuratively) on things all the time: we skip classes, we are contemptuous of the entire education system, and we constantly bemoan the inadequacy of the social life. Peeing on John Harvard is like walking through the front door of your final club while everyone else has to wait outside. It?...
...hard-hitting pieces about monumental changes in the curriculum has always been Kim. She has a sharp eye for trends that are changing Harvard, including the college consulting phenomenon and changes in the Core. Funny and radio-savvy, she’ll bring a fresh, investigative voice to the editing squad...