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...estimated 14% of Americans profess to have no religion, and among 18-to-25-year-olds, the proportion rises to 20%, according to the Institute for Humanist Studies. The lives of these young people would be much easier, adult nonbelievers say, if they learned at an early age how to respond to the God-fearing majority in the U.S. "It's important for kids not to look weird," says Peter Bishop, who leads the preteen class at the Humanist center in Palo Alto. Others say the weekly instruction supports their position that it's O.K. to not believe...
Rainy weather prompted a last-minute change of location for last night’s pep rally, but did not dampen the spirits of the students who turned out in droves to profess their love for Harvard and their disdain for a certain safety school in New Haven. Organized by the College Events Board and the First-Year Social Committee, the Harvard-Yale pep rally was originally scheduled to take place in front of the John Harvard statue, but was moved to the Queen’s Head Pub as a result of the wet weather. Though scheduled to begin...
...made no argument against “free choice.” She did, however, claim that desire—and yes, therefore even free will—is socially-constructed. And, importantly, constructed in ways that undermine sex equality, a goal (she emphasized) that vast majorities of people profess to support...
...third or fourth biggest profit year ever. "The reason for all that is diversification," he contends. Banks that used to be pinned down in one state, doing nothing but taking deposits and making loans, can now operate coast-to-coast selling everything from stocks to insurance. Kovacevich does profess to be dubious of competitors' efforts to break onto Wall Street in a big way--because he thinks that "transaction oriented" investment bankers and "relationship oriented" traditional bankers don't mix. He does not, however, think the business is in for a repeat of the serious troubles of the 1980s...
...Some profess that the best things in life are free. But what if you have to search through a dumpster to find them? That doesn’t deter a handful of Harvard students. When the Bow Street Dunkin’ Donuts closes every night, the shelves are cleared and dozens of perfectly good pastries end up in bulging trash bags down a nearby alley. Juliana Fauza, manager of the store, says, “We have to throw everything away because of health issues. We cannot donate or give to anybody because of the expiration date the food...