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...default option—it is an active recognition on the University’s part that the covered procedures, when needed, are fundamental to a student’s health. In order to ensure that such procedures can be provided at minimal cost to students, the ability to pool costs through insurance is paramount. Allowing students to opt out of fees for given services, however, undermines this end and could potentially lead to gaping holes in health coverage, leaving students unable to access much-needed care. While the amount of the rebate in question here is minimal?...

Author: By Emma M. Lind and Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: DISSENTING OPINION: A Dollar and Sense | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...drip hoses, he made his way to the King's "villa," a marble-clad, poured concrete palace. Through a foyer with a statue of a cheetah felling an antelope and anterooms full of attendants, Bush strolled deep into Abdullah's inner sanctum, past the portly King's private exercise pool, his Stair-Master and his "Vibromass" anti-cellulite belt-massager, to his personal study, where a console of 24 small TVs filled one wall and two overstuffed chairs coddled the leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredible Shrinking Superpower | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...present in order to contribute to a solution in the future. A potential means to induce the cooperation of economically-expanding China and India is to financially compensate the two countries for losses incurred as a result of environmental conservation. The system could be sustained by a common pool comprised of money contributed by members of the developing world; the level of contribution of each country could be assessed in proportion to the nation’s level of environmental destruction and energy consumption. By supporting a continued exponential economic growth in China and India, we provide an incentive...

Author: By Shankar G. Ramaswamy | Title: The Real Inconvenient Truth | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...feeling pretty builds confidence, what does height do for you? To find out, Yee recruited 50 volunteers, randomly assigned them to short or tall avatars, then instructed them to divide a virtual pool of $100 with another participant - one player would suggest how to split the pot, and the other could accept or reject the offer, with each person getting nothing if offers were rejected. People with tall avatars (three or four inches taller than the stranger avatar) negotiated more aggressively than the short ones, while short avatars were twice as likely as the tall ones to accept an unfair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Second Life Affects Real Life | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

Harvard track and field showed marked improvement from last year’s Outdoor Heptagonal Championships, as the men’s side moved up one spot, finishing seventh in the eight-team pool, and the Crimson women improved from last year’s seventh-place finish to notch fourth, just one point behind third place Brown.“Heptagonal Championships is where a majority of our team can compete and do well,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “It was a fun weekend and a great step for both the men?...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Individual Efforts Bolster Improved Harvard at Heps | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

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