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...resumes with experience in sales went to the top of his hire list. eHarmony, founded by psychologist and marriage counselor Neil Clark Warren, distinguishes itself from other dating websites by its research-based 250-word questionnaire that matches people on 29 dimensions of personality. The service has proven immensely popular, and is responsible for two percent of all new marriages in the United States, according to the website. “Though the economy is so tough right now, it’s such an exciting time to be coming out of school,” he said. He added...
...mostly-female group of 20 gathered in the Lowell House Junior Common Room last night to view popular television shows and to discuss portrayals of women in modern television. The informal event, sponsored by the Harvard College Women’s Center, the Seneca Inc., and the Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service, sparked conversation on female sexuality, competition, and relationships as seen in Grey’s Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, and Gossip Girl. Yi-Hui “Ivy” Wu ’09 decided to organize this event for her senior project as an intern...
...tussled with Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the priorities of immediate stimulus versus regulation, Paramount Leader Hu Jintao quietly positioned China as the champion of the entire, unrepresented developing world. Meanwhile, President Lula da Silva of Brazil—the planet’s most popular politician, with an 80% approval rating—explicitly blamed the irrationality of white, blue-eyed beasts of prey for the financial crisis...
...consultation with the University’s Environmental Health and Safety Department, is revising its menu. “We are reviewing every single product we offer for possible pistachio use and are working to remove them from service,” said Crista Martin, the HUDS spokesperson. Popular Harvard Square ice cream shop J.P. Licks has also changed its menu to guard against contaminated nuts. “We’ve taken the pistachio ice-cream off the board and are waiting for more information before bringing it back,” said Kathryn Lapolla, a J.P. Licks...
...were conscious and paying at least some passing attention to popular culture in 2006 or 2007, chances are you remember the infectious whistled hook and pitter-patter bongos of Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks.” Its innate cuteness won enough hearts to pass into mainstream consciousness and catapult the Swedish trio to relative renown. Its sheer ubiquity was perhaps best revealed when Kanye West remixed it on his mixtape “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” PB&J followed up the success...