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...prey in this "Wyld Hunt" is a sprinting first-year with antlers strapped to her head. The "spectral hounds" following her are mostly hard science concentrators, all with an inhumanly high tolerance for silliness. They "slay" her on the steps of Memorial Church and carry her back to Quincy House inert...
...this round, Jay, Sameera and I have perfected our craft. We have moved into a new room, with round barrel barricades. Advancing as a group of three behind the forts, we surround and capture our prey. Victory is ours and we eat it raw. There is no such thing as going...
Consulting in particular falls prey to this test, because firms (not to mention peons) often have little control over who their clients are. If you work for Bain you might be hired by Pfizer to analyze how Viagra might sustain its current level of popularity. If you work for Mitchell Madison you might be assigned to figure out when the best time is to begin marketing a competing product. Short-term effect: Your company either wins or loses, makes money or it doesn't; you get a raise or promotion or you don't. Long-term effect: Nada. Nothing...
...cannot help but recall the aching voice of most of my female friends, who often complain to me, "You know, I just got back from Lamont only to find that no one would confine me, pump me full of alcohol and prey upon me." Thank you, Mr. Oppenheim, for finally giving a voice to the silent female minority who enjoy sexual abuse and harassment. MATTHEW N. STOLLER...
Mountain-lion attacks [ENVIRONMENT, Aug. 24] seem to happen on and around the land where the animals once wandered. In the absence of their usual food, they prey on whatever they can get for their survival. What can be done to keep mountain lions from roaming on developed property? This is an interesting question when you consider whose property we're discussing. We have forced this on the big cats in the name of progress. Don't human beings kill in order to eat? Whether we are meat eaters or plant eaters, our food died in the name of sustenance...